Coat o airms o Costa Rica
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Afore 1821, Costa Rica wis pairt o the Spainyie Empire an did no hae a local coat o airms. The airms o the reignin monarch wur uised instead. The anerlie ceety that haed a local coat o airms wis the Ceety o Cartago, awardit bi Keeng Phillip II in 1565. Efter the unthirldom frae Spain in 1821, Costa Rica briefly joined the Mexican Empire, sae frae 1822 tae 1823 the Costa Rican airms wur those o the Mexican Empire.