Costa Rican Colon in Guatemalan Quetzal

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.

GTQ Guatemalan Quetzal

Country of application:
Guatemala

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 centavos, 1 quetzal.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1 quetzal, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 quetzals.

History reference:
Guatemalan quetzal GTQ (320). Quetzal (quetzal, quetzal) is the currency of Guatemala. It got its name in honor of the national bird quetzal. Introduced in 1925 instead of the previously circulating ...peso at a ratio of 60 pesos = 1 quetzal In circulation are coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 centavos and 1 quetzal and banknotes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 quetzals. Banknotes of old models of issue after 1948 are a means of payment, they are extremely rare and are withdrawn from circulation as they wear out. Banknotes of the following series are distinguished by minor changes in design and security features.