2000 Colones

Features

Issuer	Costa Rica
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Period	Second Republic (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2009-2015
Value	2000 Colones 2000 CRC = USD 4.34
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	132 × 67 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 205013
References	P# 275 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Blue and multi colour
Mauro Fernández Acuña,

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 MIL COLONES
COSTARICA

Reverse

Bull shark (carcharhinus leucas), sea star (asteroidea), sea pens (pennatulacea)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARRECIFE CORALINO

Tiburón toro (Carcharhinus leucas)
Plumas del mar (Pennatulacea)
Estrella de mar de la laguna (Asteroidea)

2 MIL COLONES
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA

Translation:
Coral reef

Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Sea pens (pennatulacea)
Sea star (asteroidea)

2 Thousand Colones
Central Bank of Costa Rica

Watermark

Mauro Fernández Acuña, Costa Rica politician and lawyer

Printer

Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date)

Comments

Braille markings for the blind on front:

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UV activity:

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Security thread:

Windowed into four sections on obverse side, inscription “BCCR 2000” when seen under backlight:

It has a multicolour tone and switches colours between blue and purple depending on which angle the note is held at.

The map of Costa Rica in the top-centre-right of the obverse side is also printed in colour-shifting ink - switches colours between purple and magenta:

Blue iridescent stripe on reverse side - patterns:

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Date	No. printed	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2009-Sep-02	35 028 000	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 2.60	$ 2.60	$ 7.40	$ 8.10	P# 275a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series A. Signatures: Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez Gutiérrez & Roy González Rojas (000 000 001 → 041 400 000)	50%
2013-Sep-11	20 000 000				$ 2.40			$ 9.20	P# 275b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series A. Signatures: Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora & Félix Delgado Quesada (041 400 001 → 063 000 000)	31%
2015-Sep-16	20 000 000							$ 8.70	P# 275c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series A. Signatures: Olivier Castro Pérez & Eduardo Prado Zúñiga (063 000 001 → 083 999 999)	24%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 193 Lot 471	5 May 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.77 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 147 Lot 2541	17 Dec 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 132 Lot 3505	17 Jul 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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