Costa Rican Colon in Gambian Dalasi

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.

GMD Gambian Dalasi

Country of application:
Gambia

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 bututs, 1 dalasi.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 200 dalasi.

History reference:
Dalasi is the currency of the Gambia. One dalasi is equal to 100 bututs. ISO 4217 code - GMD. Introduced in 1971, the GMD replaced the former Gambian pound currency. At that time, one pound was equal... to five dalasies. The currency is presented in the form of coins, also known as bututs, and minted by the Royal Mint. Bututs denomination - 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50