Costa Rican colón
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For the currency used in El Salvador until 2001, see Salvadoran colón.
The colón (plural: colones; sign: ₡; code: CRC) is the currency of Costa Rica.[1] It was named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish. A colón is divided into one hundred céntimos.
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colón costarricense (Spanish) | |
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ISO 4217 | |
Code | CRC (numeric: 188) |
Subunit | 0.01 |
Unit | |
Plural | colones |
Symbol | ₡ |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1⁄100 | céntimo (out of circulation) |
Banknotes | |
Freq. used | ₡1 000, ₡2 000, ₡5 000, ₡10 000, ₡20 000 |
Rarely used | ₡50 000 |
Coins | |
Freq. used | ₡10, ₡25, ₡50, ₡100, ₡500 |
Rarely used | ₡5 (discontinued, still legal tender) |
Demographics | |
User(s) | Costa Rica |
Issuance | |
Central bank | Central Bank of Costa Rica |
Website | www |
Valuation | |
Inflation | -1.19% (March 2024) |
Source | Central Bank of Costa Rica |
Method | CPI |
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