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500 Colones (50 years Central Bank)
Country: Costa Rica
Denomination: 500 Colones
(500 CRC)
Year: 2000
Material: Brass
Weight: 9.8 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 31.5 mm
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Catalog list: costa rica
Description:
Obverse
Costa Rica coat of arms. Seven stars represent the seven provinces, three smoking volcanoes for the three mountain ranges, two ships symbolizing the country's geographical situation between atlantic and pacific ocean and sunrise on the left
Reverse
Building of the "Banco Central de Costa Rica"
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