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2 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA COSTA RICA AMERICA CENTRAL REPUBLICA COSTA RICA . 1961 . (Translation: Republic of Costa Rica Central America Republic of Costa Rica) |
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| Mintage | 1961 - - 1,000,000 |
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Costa Rica's switch from silver to copper-nickel for this denomination came as part of broader mid-century monetary reforms across Latin America, driven largely by rising silver commodity prices that made silver coinage economically untenable. The 1961 issue falls under the KM#187.1a classification, distinguishing it from earlier silver-composition strikes of the same basic type.