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Costa Rican peso

Costa Rican peso: a historical unit of account.

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Introduction and ending not established
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Costa Rican peso: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Costa Rican colónCosta Rican colón 1896 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1896 Costa Rican pesoCosta Rican peso Currency history Earlier ancestry is not established here.

The story

Costa Rica authorized peso-denominated vouchers in 1839 specifically to pay public employees. Public remuneration establishes account/payment use before the first peso-labelled coin issues. Earlier Federal and Spanish account succession remains unproved here. [1]

The 1896 monetary reform established the colón after Costa Rican peso accounting; the new unit subsequently denominated bank capital under 1900 law. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Banco Central de Costa Rica · Billetes y Monedas C1273 ↗
  2. Banco Central de Costa Rica · Billetes y Monedas C1594 ↗

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“Costa Rican peso.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000072.html

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