Costa Rican peso
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The peso was the currency of Costa Rica between 1850 and 1896. It was initially subdivided into 8 reales and circulated alongside the earlier currency, the real, until 1864, when Costa Rica decimalized and the peso was subdivided into 100 centavos. The peso was replaced by the colón at par in 1896
[edit] Coins
In 1850, silver coins were issued in denominations of 1⁄16, ⅛ and ¼ peso. In 1864, silver coins were introduced in denominations of 25 centavos and 1 peso. These were followed the next year by cupro-nickel ¼ and 1 centavos and silver 5, 10 and 50 centavos, with gold 2, 5 and 10 pesos introduced by 1870. In 1889, Colombian 50 centavos coins were counterstamped and issued as 50 centavos coins in Costa Rica.
[edit] Banknotes
In 1865, the government introduced paper money in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 pesos. 2 pesos notes were added in 1871. The Anglo-Costa Rican Bank issued 1, 25, 50 and 100 pesos notes whilst the Bank of Costa Rica issued 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 pesos notes.
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| Current | Argentine peso · Chilean peso · Colombian peso · Cuban peso · Cuban convertible peso · Dominican peso · Mexican peso · Philippine piso · Uruguayan peso |
| Defunct | Argentine peso moneda nacional · Argentine peso ley · Argentine peso argentino · Bolivian peso · Costa Rican peso · Ecuadorian peso · El Salvadoran peso · Guatemalan peso · Guinea Bissau peso · Honduran peso · Nicaraguan peso · Paraguayan peso · Puerto Rican peso · Spanish peso · Venezuelan peso |
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