Costa Rican colón
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The colón is the official currency of Costa Rica. It is named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish. The plural is colones in Spanish. The ISO 4217 code is CRC.
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Costa Rican colón | |
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colón costarricense (in Spanish) | |
ISO 4217 Code | CRC |
User(s) | Costa Rica |
Inflation | 4.74% (Jan. - Dec. 2011) |
Source | Índice de Precios al Consumidor 2011, INEC Costa Rica, 3 January 2012 |
Subunit | |
1/100 | céntimo |
Symbol | ₡ |
Plural | colones |
Coins | 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 colones |
Banknotes | 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 colones |
Central bank | Central Bank of Costa Rica |
Website | www.bccr.fi.cr |
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The symbol for the colón is a c with two slashes (₡). The symbol for the colón in many English language Windows keyboards can be made by pressing ALT+8353.
The colón sign is not the same as the US cent sign, but the US cent sign is much more commonly available (¢). As such, it is frequently used instead of the colón's own sign in price markings and advertisements.
The colón is divided into 100 centimos