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25 Colones 1st coat of arms, magnetic
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA AMERICA CENTRAL REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1995 (Translation: Republic of Costa Rica Central America) |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 COLONES ⠃⠑ B.C.C.R (Translation: 25 Central Bank of Costa Rica) |
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Costa Rica's switch to brass-plated steel for this denomination in the mid-1990s was a direct response to chronic metal theft and melting of the earlier brass-alloy pieces, whose intrinsic value had crept uncomfortably close to face value amid persistent colón depreciation. The magnetic core made the substitution immediately detectable to vending machines and sorters without requiring a redesign.
KM#229 is distinguished from its non-magnetic predecessor by the steel substrate alone — a distinction invisible to casual inspection but critical to attribution.