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3000 Colones San Juan de Dios Hospital
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Costa Rica occupies the central field, depicting a landscape with three volcanoes, a rising sun, the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and a merchant vessel, all enclosed within an ornate cartouche bearing the legend REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA on a scroll and seven stars above. The upper peripheral legend reads REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA, with AMERICA CENTRAL inscribed on a ribbon within the arms. The lower arc of the legend reads B.C.C.R - TRES MIL COLONES, with the date 1994 at the right. |
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| Mintage | 1994 - Proof - 10,000 |
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The Hospital San Juan de Dios in San José, founded in 1845, was the first public hospital in Costa Rica and remains operational today. Its construction was driven largely by the coffee export economy that defined the country's 19th-century finances — the same wealth that funded the Banco Central's institutional predecessors. This coin belongs to a series of commemorative issues the Banco Central produced through the 1990s tying national heritage sites to the silver proof market.