Issuer |
Costa Rica
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Period |
Second Costa Rican Republic (1948-date)
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1983-1996 |
Value | 20 Colones (20 CRC) |
Currency | Colon (1896-date) |
Composition | Stainless steel |
Weight | 9.7 g |
Diameter | 31.25 mm |
Thickness | 1.96 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 6834 |
References |
KM# 216, ![]() And 5 more volumes. ![]() And 2 more volumes. |
The arms of Costa Rica (seven stars representing the seven provinces, three extinct 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), the date below, the country name above, all within a nonagonal rim
Script: Latin
Lettering:
COSTA RICA
AMERICA CENTRAL
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
1985
Translation:
Costa Rica
Central America
Republic of Costa Rica
The value above coffee branches, ribbon behind value and initials of the "Banco Central de Costa Rica" along with the value in Braille, all within a nonagonal rim
Scripts: Braille, Latin
Lettering:
20
COLONES
⠃⠚
B.C.C.R.
Unabridged legend:
20
Colones
⠃⠚
Banco Central de Costa Rica
Translation:
20
Colones
20
Central Bank of Costa Rica
Reeded
Casa da Moeda do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1694-date) | |
VDM Metals / Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany (1930-date) |
In 1994, 20 colones pieces were struck using both nickel-plated stainless steel and non-nickel-plated stainless steel. The size and space between letters on the obverse and the outer rim of the arms of Costa Rica differ slightly between years.
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 | Frequency | |||||
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Undetermined | |||||||||||||
1983 | 16 000 000 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.54 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.10 | 65% | KM#216.1; Letters in relief on ribbon; VDM Metals | ||||
1985 | 25 000 000 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.67 | $ 1.10 | 55% | KM#216.2; Letters incuse on ribbon; Rio de Janeiro Mint | |||||
1989 | 0.5% | KM#216.1; Letters in relief on ribbon | |||||||||||
1994 | $ 0.50 | $ 0.50 | 9% | KM#216.1; Letters in relief on ribbon | |||||||||
1994 | 10 000 000 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.61 | 10% | KM#216.2; Letters incuse on ribbon | ||||||||
1996 | 0.9% | KM#216.2; Letters incuse on ribbon |
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