Costa Rican Colon in Tanzanian Shilling

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.

TZS Tanzanian Shilling

Country of application:
Tanzania

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 100, 200, 500 shillings.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000 shillings.

History reference:
The Tanzanian shilling is the currency of Tanzania. The Tanzanian shilling has been in use since 1966, when it replaced the East African shilling at par or at a 1:1 ratio. Prior to the introduction o...f the Tanzanian shilling, other currencies circulated in Tanzania, including the East African florin, East African rupee, East African shilling, Zanzibar rupee, Zanzibar rial and German East African rupee. Banknotes issued in 2003 began to be used in February of the same year, and money of the 2010 sample was officially put into circulation in January 2011.