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1 Centavo
| Issuer | Cocos Island |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Stylized landscape scene occupying the lower half of the coin field, depicting two flowering plants in relief on the left and a rocky outcropping to the right, evoking the tropical terrain of Cocos Island. The legend 'ISLA DEL COCO' arches prominently across the upper field in bold, rounded lettering. The design has a naive, illustrative quality characteristic of fantasy coin issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cocos Island — the uninhabited Costa Rican territory in the Pacific — has no permanent population, no local economy, and no practical use for small-denomination coinage. These pieces are produced for the collector market, issued under licensing arrangements that have proliferated since the 1990s as a revenue mechanism for small or uninhabited territories with nominal issuing authority.