Costa Rica 2005 500 colones

from the Stonecat Collection

This brass twenty pesos was struck in Santiago, Chile, for Costa Rica in 2003 and 2005. Subsequent issues were brass plated steel. Currently (April 2025), US$1 = 508 colones, down from a peak of 690 colones in July 2022.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: 11 g, aluminum nickel bronze, 33 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 239.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

Link to:

• 2003 500 colones
• 2005 25 colones
• 2007 500 colones
• Coins and currency dated 2005