Costa Rica 1969 10 centimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin is among ten types of ten centimos issued between the reform of the colon in 1920 and the suspension of the ten centimos denomination in 1975. Additional or very similar issues are recorded for 1951, 1953, 1958, 1967 and 1976. None are rare and this one is very common.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 185.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Gurdian, Raul, Contribucion al Estudio de las Monedas de Costa Rica: 100 Años de Colon, 2a Ed., San José, Costa Rica, 1997.
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1958 5 centimos
• 1965 colon
• 1970 2 colones
• 1975 20 colones
• Coins and currency dated 1969
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