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¢20.000 and
¢50.000 Notes Coming Next Year
The Banco Central de Costa Rica (Central
Bank) said it will be introducing the new
paper currency in 2010 and in addition to
the different size of the paper, there will
also be a ¢20.000 and ¢50.000 note.
The new bills will be sized according to
their denomination, said Marvin Alvarado,
head of the Tesorería del Banco Central.
The ¢1.000 will be the smallest of the bills
at 125 millimetres wide. The ¢2.000 bill
will be a few millimetres larger with the
largest bill, the ¢50.000 colones, reaching
a width of 160 millimetres.
Alvarado added that each note will be
distinct and feature each a defunct Costa
Rican personality. The ¢20.000 note will
feature María Isabel Carvajal (Carmen Lyra)
and the ¢50.000 Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno.
The new bills are expected to enter the
market by middle of 2010 with the
introduction of the ¢20.000 and ¢50.000
notes, while the change to the existing
notes will be based on market conditions.
The ¢1.000 note will continue to red, as it
is known popularly as "a rojo" and will
feature Braulio Carrillo Colina; the ¢2.000
will be blue and feature Mauro Fernández
Acuña; the ¢5.000 will be yellow and feature
Alfredo González Flores; the ¢10.000 will be
green and feature José Figueres Ferrer; the
¢20.000 orange and the ¢50.000 purple.
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