FOREIGN COINS STRUCK BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT

COSTA RICA
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Five Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 30,000,000 Copper Nickel 1 g 15 mm 184.3

Ten Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 40,000,000 Copper Nickel 2 g 18 mm 185.2
1979 10,000,000 Copper Nickel 2 g 18 mm 185.2b

Twenty-Five Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 12,000,000 Copper Nickel 3.36 g 23 mm 188.1
1982 30,000,000 Aluminum Unavailable 22 mm 188.1b
1983 60,000,000 Aluminum 1.05 g 17 mm 188.3

Fifty Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 6,000,000 Copper Nickel 7.02 g 26 mm 189.3

One Colon

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 12,000,000 Copper Nickel 10 g 29 mm 186.4
1978 10,000,000 Copper Nickel 10 g 29 mm 186.2

Five Colones

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1995 15,000,000 Brass Plated Steel 4.03 21.5 mm 227

Ten Colones

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1995 15,000,000 Brass Plated Steel 5 g 22.5 mm 228

Twenty-Five Colones

Date Mintage Composition Weight Diameter KM#
1995 Unavailable Brass Plated Steel 7 g 24.8 mm 229

 

Numismatic Issues

Five Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Condition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 5,001 Copper Nickel Proof 1 g 15 mm 184.3

Ten Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Condition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 5,001 Copper Nickel Proof 2 g 18 mm 185.2

Twenty-Five Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Condition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 5,001 Copper Nickel Proof 3.36 g 23 mm 188.1

Fifty Centimos

Date Mintage Composition Condition Weight Diameter KM#
1976 5,001 Copper Nickel Proof 7.02 g 26 mm 189.3

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