500 Colones magnetic

Features

Issuer	Costa Rica
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Period	Second Republic (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	2006-2015
Value	500 Colones (500 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Brass plated steel
Weight	11 g
Diameter	33 mm
Thickness	1.85 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 July 2025
Number	N# 8488
References	KM# 239.1a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 93a Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , Galst/Alfen# X.14 Jay M. Galst, Peter van Alfen; 2013. Ophthalmologia Optica & Visio in Nummis. Wayenborgh Publishing, Piribebuy, Paraguay.

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Obverse

The Costa Rican coat of arms (seven stars representing the seven provinces, three smoking volcanoes for the three mountain ranges, two ships symbolizing the country's geographical situation between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean and sunrise on the left) with the date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
AMERICA CENTRAL
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
. 2006 .

Translation:
Republic of Costa Rica
Central America
Republic of Costa Rica

Reverse

The value above coffee branches in Braille and in numerals and the initials of the "Banco Central de Costa Rica"

Scripts: Braille, Latin

Lettering:
500
COLONES
⠢⠴⠴
B.C.C.R.

Unabridged legend:
500
Colones
⠢⠴⠴
Banco Central de Costa Rica

Translation:
500
Colones
500
Central Bank of Costa Rica

Edge

Alternating smooth and reeded segments

Mints

	Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date)
	Mint of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica (2010)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

There are two variations of the Obverse arms in 2007. One variation has arms that look like the 2006 arms. The other variation is missing the "DE" in the legend banner at the top of the arms.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2006	6 000 000		$ 0.65	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.70	Casa de Moneda de Chile	26%
2007 (2010)	38 300 000	$ 0.80	$ 0.80	$ 0.93	$ 0.93	$ 1.20	$ 1.70	Mint of Costa Rica; Minted in 2010	77%
2015	20 000 000			$ 0.91	$ 0.91	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	Royal British Mint	11%

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