5 Céntimos

Costa Rica's small silver fractional coinage of this period was struck under contract at the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, a common arrangement for Central American republics that lacked domestic minting infrastructure. The 1905–1914 span covers a period of relative monetary stability under the gold standard framework Costa Rica had adopted in 1896, though the silver fractionals continued circulating as subsidiary coinage well below the gold threshold.

Heaton-struck pieces carry no explicit mint mark on this type.