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500 Colones Abolition of the Costa Rican Army, Colored
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 10.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centre features a colorized commemorative scene depicting a figure, representing President José Figueres Ferrer, striking a wall with a sledgehammer while the Costa Rican national flag unfurls at his side, rendered against a pale blue background with fragments of masonry flying outward — symbolizing the abolition of the army. The outer nickel brass ring carries the legend 75 AÑOS DE LA ABOLICIÓN DEL EJÉRCITO along the upper arc in raised lettering. A secondary commemorative inscription runs within the lower portion of the centre field, and the anniversary dates 1948 - 2023 appear prominently in the exergue area within the lower ring. |
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| 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) |
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Costa Rica abolished its military on December 1, 1948, when President José Figueres Ferón dramatically surrendered the army barracks in San José to the Minister of Education — a gesture that made the disarmament literal and immediate. The 1949 constitution then made abolition permanent, a provision that has survived unaltered for over seven decades. Few nations have enshrined demilitarization in their founding law, and fewer still have commemorated it in circulating coinage across multiple issues.