Tag Archive: Costa Rica

• Mar-22-2023

  Costa Rica – Redemption of paper banknotes.

     Costa Rican banknotes printed on paper, which were withdrawn from circulation last year, may be redeemed by depositing them...

• Sep-29-2022

  Costa Rica – Paper banknotes of 10,000 colones cease to be legal tender.

     The Central Bank of Costa Rica has withdrawn from circulation on short notice the paper banknotes of 10,000 colones...

• Jan-5-2022

  Costa Rica – Legal tender status of cotton paper notes of 20,000 and 50,000 colones extended.

  The Banco Central de Costa Rica extended the legal tender status of the cotton paper banknotes of 20,000 (CRC20,000.1) and...

• Oct-8-2021

  Costa Rica: Improved polymer banknotes to be issued; cotton paper ones withdrawn from circulation.

              You saw it first here…   Banco Central de Costa Rica will issue on 15...

• Nov-26-2020

  Costa Rica – Note of 20,000 colones issued today.

  The Banco Central de Costa Rica issued today its new polymer banknote of 20,000 colones (CRC20,000.2). Courtesy: Cleophas Schockem. Click...

• Nov-12-2020

  Costa Rica – New family of polymer banknotes introduced.

          To be issued in November.      To be issued in 2021 or sooner.    ...

• Nov-10-2020

  Costa Rica – Improved polymer banknote of 1,000 colones.

     You saw it first here… The Banco Central de Costa Rica has received last week a shipment of new...

• Jul-23-2020

  Costa Rica – New banknotes printed on polymer.

       You saw it here first! The Central Bank of Costa Rica will issue in a few weeks new...

• Jul-10-2018

  Costa Rica

  Marvin Alvarado, treasurer of the Central Bank of Costa Rica announced on June 12 at the High Security Printing –...

• May-16-2018

  Costa Rica

  2009       2014      There are minor differences between the 2009 (CRC10,000.2A) and 2014 (CRC10,000.2B) versions of the 10,000...

• Jan-23-2018

  Costa Rica

  In december of 2017 the Banco Central de Costa Rica issued new 1,000 colones banknotes (CRC 1000.4) of the series...

• Nov-30-2017

  Costa Rica

  According to several media sources there are counterfeits of current high denomination notes that may fool banknote acceptor machines. It seems...