Costa Rican Colon in Danish Krone

CRC Costa Rican Colon

Country of application:
Costa Rica

Coin denominations in circulation:
10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 columns.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 colones.

History reference:
The currency, named after Christopher Columbus or, in the Spanish manner, Cristobal Colon, came out with a content of 0.7002 grams of pure gold in October 1896. The colon replaced the Costa Rican pes...o and was parity with the US dollar at 2.15:1. The Costa Rican colón was adopted as the national currency in 1896, about 70 years after Costa Rica and its Central American neighbors declared independence from Spain. Colón replaced the Costa Rican peso with a one-to-one exchange rate. The former currency of the peso, a legacy of the colonial era, was divided into eight Spanish reais.

DKK Danish Krone

Country of application:
Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands

Coin denominations in circulation:
20, 10, 5, 2, 1 krone, as well as 50 ore.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1,000, 500, 200, 100 and 50 kroons.

History reference:
The Danish krone is the national currency of Denmark, which is also used in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Kingdom of Denmark is a community of states and self-governing territories united unde...r a constitutional monarchy, which consists of three autonomous entities: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Danish currency is pegged to the euro at a fixed exchange rate of 7.4 kroons to 1 euro, which is expected to be maintained until the country joins the eurozone. The Danish currency is used for cash payments and wire transfers in Greenland. It is also in circulation in the Faroe Islands at a 1:1 local krone exchange rate.