1 Colón

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	1982-1994
Value	1 Colón (1 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Stainless steel
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	1.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 998
References	KM# 210 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 76 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

The arms of Costa Rica (The 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 a Pacific ocean sunrise on the left) along with the date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
AMERICA CENTRAL
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
1994

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

Reverse

Value within a laurel wreath and initials of the "Banco Central de Costa Rica"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AMERICA CENTRAL
1
COLON
B.C.C.R.

Unabridged legend:
America Central
1
Colon
Banco Central de Costa Rica

Translation:
Central America
1
Colon
Central Bank of Costa Rica

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Mint of Brazil (Casa da Moeda do Brasil), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
	Sherritt Mint, Fort Saskatchewan, Canada (1927-date)
	VDM Metals / Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany (1930-date)

Comments

Due to record high inflation in the 1980s through the 1990s, these coins were replaced by a smaller aluminium-bronze variety in 1998.

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

1984 varieties

The thickness of date letters varies between mintages.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1982	12 000 000			$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.27	$ 0.34	$ 0.50	KM# 210.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Large ships; Rio de Janeiro Mint	23%
1983	24 000 000			$ 0.34	$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 0.46	$ 0.70	KM# 210.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Large ships; Rio de Janeiro Mint	23%
1984	60 000 000	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.34	$ 0.34	$ 0.36	$ 0.48	KM# 210.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Large ships; Rio de Janeiro Mint	40%
1984					$ 0.24	$ 0.41	$ 0.56	$ 0.56	KM# 210.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Small ships; British Royal Mint	20%
1989	50 000 000	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.34	$ 0.34	$ 0.34	$ 0.86	KM# 210.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Small ships; Mexico City Mint	28%
1991	30 000 000				$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.57	$ 0.59	KM# 210.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Large ships; Rio de Janeiro Mint	18%
1993	50 000 000			$ 0.19	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.41	$ 0.64	KM# 210.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Small ships; Sherrit Mint	22%
1994	15 000 000				$ 0.23	$ 0.35	$ 0.66	$ 0.97	KM# 210.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Small ships; VDM Metals	9%

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