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[[Image:Costa Rica 1985 20 colones obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen exemplifies the dreadful state of modern coin design. The drab, low relief design, accentuated by the dull material, failed to inspire any but the most devoted collectors of Central American coins. Neighboring Nicaragua, under the earnest if incompetent Sandinista regime, managed to feature the rebel general Augusto Sandino on its [[Nicaragua 1980 cordoba|coins]] of the 1980's. This type was struck 1983-93 and is accompanied by one, two, [[Costa Rica 1985 5 colones|five]] and ten colones issues. Later series of the 1990's added the fifty and hundred colones as inflation eroded the power of the currency.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common.

''Specification:'' 9.7 g, stainless steel, 31.25 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 216.2.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Links to:''
* [[Costa Rica 1975 20 colones|1975 20 colones]]
* [[Costa Rica 1983 2 colones|1983 2 colones]]
* [[Nicaragua 1980 cordoba]]
* [[Costa Rica 1985 5 colones|1985 5 colones]]
* [[Costa Rica 1985 10 colones|1985 10 colones]]
* [[Costa Rica 1987 25000 colones|1987 25,000 colones]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1985]]
* return to [[Costa Rica]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Costa Rica 1985 20 colones - Revision history

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