500 Colones Abolition of the Costa Rican Army

Issuer Costa Rica
Year 2023
Type Commemorative circulation coin
Value 500 Colones
Currency Colón (1896-date)
Composition Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in nickel brass ring
Weight 10.5 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness 2.25 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#243
Obverse description Issuing country, face value, and latent image
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering REPÚBLICA DE COSTA RICA BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA 500 COLONES
(Translation: Republic of Costa Rica Central Bank of Costa Rica)
Reverse description José Figueres Ferrer breaking a battlement of the Bellavista Barracks with sledgehammer, dates below
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 75 AÑOS DE LA ABOLICIÓN DEL EJÉRCITO El mundo nos conoce y nos respeta por la decisión de levantar cuadernos y violines 1948-2023
(Translation: 75 Years Since the Abolition of the Military The world knows us and respects us for the decision to raise notebooks and violins)
Edge Milled
Mint
Mintage ND (2023) - -
Numisquare ID 9176286660
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