Evidence coverage: 1839–1896. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
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.
Sources and qualifications →Costa Rica authorized30,000pesos in vouchers for public employee payments.
Sources and qualifications →The1896monetary reform established the colón after Costa Rican peso accounting; the new unit subsequently denominated bank capital under1900law. Authoritative monetary history identifies prior peso obligations and subsequent principal colón unit. Do not assert a conversion ratio or merge as mere rename without further evidence.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
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.
C1273Costa Rica authorized30,000pesos in vouchers for public employee payments.
C1510Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Costa Rica’s colón reform followed the local peso-denominated monetary system documented by its central bank.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V22-017. Authoritative monetary history identifies prior peso obligations and subsequent principal colón unit. Do not assert a conversion ratio or merge as mere rename without further evidence. Replacement evidence: C1594.
Opening historical paragraphs
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.
Información histórica de la fabricación de billetes, paragraphs 1–3
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Costa Rica authorized30,000pesos in vouchers for public employee payments.
First historical paragraph
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The1896monetary reform established the colón after Costa Rican peso accounting; the new unit subsequently denominated bank capital under1900law.
Historical paragraphs1–3
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.