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San José
Costa Rica
State
Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.
Capital and largest city: San José
9°56′N 84°5′W
Official language: Spanish
Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colón (CRC)
Time zone: UTC−6 (CST)
Driving side: right
Calling code: +506
ISO 3166 code: CR
The symbol for the colón is a capital letter "C" crossed by two diagonal strokes. The symbol is encoded at ( ₡ ) (Code: CRC) COLON SIGN
Obverse: The arms of Costa Rica (seven stars representing the seven provinces, three smoking volcanoes for the three mountain ranges, two ships symbolizing the country's geographical situation between Atlantic and pacific ocean and sunrise on the left)
Reverse: The value above coffee branches and initials of the "Banco Central de Costa Rica and the value in Braille
B.C.C.R (Banco Central de Costa Rica) - Central Bank of Costa Rica.
₡ 5 Colones
Composition: Aluminium
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 1.14 mm
Shape: Round
₡ 10 Colones
Composition: Aluminium
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Shape: Round
₡ 25 Colones
Composition: Brass plated steel
Weight: 7 g
Diameter: 25.5 mm
Thickness: 1.95 mm
Shape: Round
₡ 50 Colones
Composition: Brass plated steel
Weight: 7.9 g
Diameter: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Shape: Round
₡ 100 Colones
Composition: Brass plated steel
Weight: 9.0 g
Diameter: 29.5 mm
Thickness: 1.96 mm
Shape: Round
₡ 500 Colones
Composition: Brass plated steel
Weight: 11 g
Diameter: 33 mm
Shape: Round
Size: 125mm x 67mm Material: Polimer Obverse: Braulio Carrillo Colina/1840-1842 Costa Rican coat of arms.
Reverse: Dry forest - Guanacaste tree, White-tailed deer, Costa Rican nightblooming cactus. Circulation Start Date: 2021
Size: 132mm x 67mm Material: Polimer Obverse: Mauro Fernández Acuña/Colegio Superior de Señoritas (Costa Rican politician and lawyer.)
Reverse: Coral reef - Bull shark, Red cushion sea star, Slimy Sea Plume. Circulation Start Date: December 1, 2020
Size: 139mm x 67mm Material: polymer Obverse: Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917; Banco International de Costa Rica building in San José
Reverse: Mangrove swamp - White-headed capuchin monkey, mangrove crab, Red mangrove. Circulation Start Date: December 1, 2020
Size: 146mm x 67mm Material: polymer Obverse: José Figueres Ferrer, Abolition of the Army and President of Costa Rica on three occasions: 1948–1949, 1953–1958 and 1970–1974.
Reverse: Rainforest - Brown-throated sloth, cup fungi, Eriopsis orchid. Circulation Start Date: 2021
Size: 153mm x 67mm Material: polymer Obverse: Maria Isabel Carvajal (alias Carmen Lyra); outline of Costa Rica, rabbit stroking a wolf – from Lyra's "Cuentos De Mi Tía Panchita" (Tales of My Aunt Panchita)
Reverse: Paramo - Volcano hummingbird, Senecio oerstedianus sunflower, and coffee plants. Circulation Start Date: November 26, 2020
Size: 160 x 67 mm. Material: Paper 100% fiberglass. Obverse: Ricardo Jimenez Oreamuno, Supreme Court (San José)
Reverse: Cloud forest - parasol mushroom, Bromelia flower, Morpho butterfly. Circulation from 2018