Currency history
Costa Rican colón
Costa Rican colón: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
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This currencyCRC
Costa Rican colónNo successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The central bank dates establishment of the colón to the monetary reform of 1896. [1]
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“Costa Rican colón.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000073.html