Guinean Franc in Costa Rican Colon

GNF Guinean Franc

Country of application:
Guinea

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 Guinean francs.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20,000 Guinean francs.

History reference:
The Guinean franc GNF (324) is the currency of the state of Guinea. ISO 4217 code - GNF. The Guinean franc was introduced on March 1, 1960 instead of the CFA franc (the first reform), the exchange wa...s carried out at a ratio of 1: 1 from March 1 to March 15, 1960. Due to the appearance of a large number of counterfeit banknotes in the period from March 10 to March 14, 1963, banknotes were exchanged for banknotes of a new sample (second reform). On October 2, 1972, a new monetary unit was introduced - the Guinean sili (third reform). From April 16 to April 29, 1981, banknotes were exchanged for banknotes of a new type (fourth reform), the exchange was carried out within the limits of 20 thousand forces per worker. On January 6, 1986, instead of force, the Guinean franc was reintroduced (fifth reform), the exchange of force for francs was carried out 1: 1 in the period from January 6 to January 28, 1986.

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.