Coin Types from Costa Rica


km120 1 Centavo (1874)
 
 
km144 2 Centimos (1903)
 
 
km110 5 Centavos (1865-1875)
 

km125 5 Centavos (1885-1887)
 
 
km128 5 Centavos (1889-1892)
 
 
km145 5 Centimos (1905-1914)
 

km147 5 Centavos (1917-1919)
 
 
km151 5 Centimos (1920-1941)
 
 
km169 5 Centimos (1929)
 

km178 5 Centimos (1942) copper-nickel
 
 
km179 5 Centimos (1942-1947) brass
 
 
kmA184 5 Centimos (1951) BC - CR
 

km184.1 5 Centimos (1951) BCCR
 
 
km184.1a 5 Centimos (1953-1967) stainless steel
 
 
km184.2 5 Centimos (1969-1978)
 

km184.3 5 Centimos (1972-1976) large ships
 
 
km184.3a 5 Centimos (1979) brass
 
 
km121 10 Centavos (1875)
 

km129 10 Centavos (1889-1892)
 
 
km146 10 Centimos (1905-1914)
 
 
km149.2 10 Centavos (1917-1919)
 

km152 10 Centimos (1920-1922)
 
 
km170 10 Centimos (1929) G.C.R. at bottom
 
 
km174 10 Centimos (1936,1941)
 

km180 10 Centimos (1942-1947) brass
 
 
km185.1 10 Centimos (1951)
 
 
km185.1a 10 Centimos (1953-1967) stainless
 

km185.2 10 Centimos (1969,1976) cu-ni
 
 
km185.2a 10 Centimos (1982) aluminum
 
 
km185.2b 10 Centimos (1951-1979)
 

km185.3 10 Centimos (1972,1975) large 10
 
 
km106 25 Centavos (1864-1875)
 
 
km168 25 Centimos (1924)
 

km171 25 Centimos (1935)
 
 
km175 25 Centimos (1937,1948)
 
 
km181 25 Centimos (1944-1946) brass
 

km181a 25 Centimos (1945) bronze
 
 
km188.1 25 Centimos (1967-1978)
 
 
km188.1a 25 Centimos (1980) ni-clad steel
 

km188.1b 25 Centimos (1982) aluminum
 
 
km188.2 25 Centimos (1972)
 
 
km188.3 25 Centimos (1983-1989)
 

km112 50 Centavos (1865-1875)
 
 
km124 50 Centavos (1880-1890)
 
 
km135.2 50 Centavos (ND 1889) stamp on km161.1
 

km157 50 Centimos (1923) counterstamped 25 Centavos
 
 
km158 50 Centimos (1923) counterstamped 127
 
 
km159 50 Centimos (1923) counterstamped 130
 

km172 50 Centimos (1935) B.I.C.R.
 
 
km176 50 Centimos (1937,1948)
 
 
km189.1 50 Centimos (1965) small 50
 

km189.2 50 Centimos (1972,1975)
 
 
km189.3 50 Centimos (1965-1978)
 
 
km209.1 50 Centimos (1982,1983,1990)
 

km209.2 50 Centimos (1984,1990) small ships
 
 
km163 1 Colon (1923) counterstamped 124
 
 
km164 1 Colon (1923)
 

km173 1 Colon (1935) B.I.C.R.
 
 
km177 1 Colon (1937-1948) BNCR
 
 
km186.2 1 Colon (1965-1978) small ships
 

km186.1 1 Colon (1954) steel
 
 
km186.1a 1 Colon (1961) copper-nickel
 
 
km186.3 1 Colon (1972,1975)
 

km186.4 1 Colon (1976,1977)
 
 
km210.1 1 Colon (1982-1991) steel
 
 
km210.2 1 Colon (1984-1994)
 

km233 1 Colon (1998)
 
 
km183 2 Colones (1948)
 
 
km187.1 2 Colones (1954) stainless steel
 

km187.1a 2 Colones (1948-1978)
 
 
km187.2 2 Colones (1968-1978)
 
 
km211.1 2 Colones (1982-1984)
 

km211.2 2 Colones (1984) ribbon letters relief
 
 
km203 5 Colones (1975) 25 yrs. Central Bank
 
 
km214.1 5 Colones (1983,1989) stainless steel
 

km214.2 5 Colones (1985) stainless steel
 
 
km214.3 5 Colones (1993) nickel clad steel
 
 
km227 5 Colones (1995) brass plated steel
 

km227a 5 Colones (1997) brass
 
 
km227a.1 5 Colones (1999) brass
 
 
km227a.2 5 Colones (2001) brass
 

km227b 5 Colones (2005-2008) aluminum
 
 
new 5 Colones (2012) redesigned
 
 
km204 10 Colones (1975) Central Bank
 

km215.1 10 Colones (1983,1992)
 
 
km215.2 10 Colones (1985)
 
 
km228 10 Colones (1995,2002) brass plated steel
 

km228a 10 Colones (1997) brass
 
 
km228a.1 10 Colones (1999) brass
 
 
km228.2 10 Colones (2002) brass
 

km228b 10 Colones (2005,2008) aluminum
 
 
new 10 Colones (2012) redesigned
 
 
km205 20 Colones (1975) Central Bank
 

km216.1 20 Colones (1983-1994) ribbon letters in relief
 
 
km216.2 20 Colones (1985-1996)
 
 
km216.3 20 Colones (1994) nickel-plated stainless steel
 

km229 25 Colones (1995)
 
 
km229a 25 Colones (2001-2007) brass
 
 
km229b 25 Colones (2005--) brass
 

km200 50 Colones (1974) Green Turtles
 
 
km200a 50 Colones (1974) Green Turtles - Proof
 
 
km231 50 Colones (1997)
 

km231.1 50 Colones (1999) smaller letters
 
 
km231.1a 50 Colones (2002) aluminum-bronze
 
 
km231.1b 50 Colones (2006-2007) brass plated steel
 

new 50 Colones (2012) redesigned
 
 
km201a 100 Colones (1974) Manatee
 
 
km206 100 Colones (1979) Year of the Child
 

km224 100 Colones (1987) President Oscar Arias
 
 
km230 100 Colones (1995) brass plated steel
 
 
km230a 100 Colones (1997-2006) brass
 

km230a.1 100 Colones (1999)
 
 
km240 100 Colones (2000) smaller legend
 
 
km240a 100 Colones (2006--)
 

new 100 Colones (2014) redesigned
 
 
km236 500 Colones (2000) Bank building
 
 
km239.1 500 Colones (2003-2006) thick numerals
 

km239.1a 500 Colones (2006--) brass plated steel
 
 

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