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5 Colones Central Bank

5 Colones (Central Bank) - obverse5 Colones (Central Bank) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Costa Rica
Issuing bank Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Period Second Republic (1948-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Year 1975
Value 5 Colones (5 CRC)
Currency Colón (1896-date)
Composition Nickel
Weight 12 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 2.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
3624
References KM# 203
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 60
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Commemorative issue

25th Anniversary of the Central Bank

Obverse

Costa Rica coat of arms. Seven stars represent the seven provinces, three extinct volcanoes for the three mountain ranges, two ships symbolizing the country's geographical situation between atlantic and pacific ocean and sunrise on the left

Around the value, B.C.C.R. initials of the "Banco Central de Costa Rica"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
AMERICA CENTRAL
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
B.C. CINCO COLONES C.R.

Unabridged legend:
Republica de Costa Rica
America Central
Republica de Costa Rica
Banco Central - Cinco Colones - de Costa Rica

Translation:
Republic of Costa Rica
Central America
Republic of Costa Rica
Central Bank - Five Colones - of Costa Rica

Reverse

Coffee plant

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ANIVERSARIO DEL BANCO CENTRAL
1950-1975

Translation: Anniversary of the Central Bank

Edge

Reeded

5 Colones (Central Bank) -  obverse

© Ponpandi Perumal (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

VDM Metals / Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany (1930-date)

Comments

Although these coins have been demonetized, they are still redeemable at the Central Bank of Costa Rica.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1975  Photo 2 000 000 $ 2.10 $ 2.20 $ 3.50 $ 3.50

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