Costa Rican peso

Former currency of Costa Rica

20 Pesos banknote of 1899, Banco de Costa Rica.

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

## Coins

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In 1850, silver coins were issued in denominations of 1⁄16, 1⁄8 and 1⁄4 peso. In 1864, silver coins were introduced in denominations of 25 centavos and 1 peso. These were followed the next year by cupro-nickel 1⁄2 and 1 centavos and silver 5, 10 and 50 centavos, with gold 2, 5 and 10 pesos introduced by 1870. In 1889, Colombian 50 centavo coins were counterstamped and issued as 50 centavo coins in Costa Rica.

## Banknotes

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Private banks issued notes between 1858 and 1896. The first to issue notes was the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica. The first notes were 2 pesos, followed by 10, 20, 25, 50 and 100 pesos. The Banco de Costa Rica issued peso notes between 1895 and 1899, in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 pesos. The Banco de la Union issued notes between 1877 and 1889 for 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 pesos. The Ferro Carril de Costa Rica (Costa Rican railways) issued notes in 1872 for 10, 25 and 50 centavos, 1, 2 and 5 pesos.

In 1865, the government introduced paper money in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 pesos. 2 peso notes were added in 1871.

## References

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* Krause, Chester L.; Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.
* Pick, Albert (1994). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (7th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.
* Pick, Albert (1990). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Specialized Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (6th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-149-8.

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Currencies named peso or similar

Circulating|

* Argentine peso
* Chilean peso
* Colombian peso
* Cuban peso
* Dominican peso (peso oro)
* Macanese pataca
* Mexican peso
* Philippine peso (piso)
* Sahrawi peseta
* Uruguayan peso

Defunct|

* Argentine peso argentino
* Argentine peso ley
* Argentine peso moneda corriente
* Argentine peso moneda nacional
* Bolivian peso
* Catalan peseta (pesseta)
* Chilean peso (1817–1960)
* Costa Rican peso
* Cuban convertible peso
* Ecuadorian peso
* Equatorial Guinean peseta
* Guatemalan peso
* Guinea-Bissau peso
* Honduran peso
* Japanese government-issued Philippine peso
* Nicaraguan peso
* Paraguayan peso
* Peruvian peseta
* Portuguese Timorese pataca
* Puerto Rican peso
* Salvadoran peso
* Spanish peso
* Spanish peseta (pesseta, pezeta)
* Venezuelan peso

See also|

* Peso sign
* Maltese pataca (coin)

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