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The one thousand colones note is called "un rojo" (one red) because of its color. This also applies for any amounts that are multiples of a thousand colones (e.g., twenty thousand colones = veinte rojos). The five thousand colones note is called tucán , referring to the image of a toucan it once carried (it now features a monkey). It can also ...
5,000 Colones C* 24 February 1999 031001 – 041000 #13 Eduardo Lizano Faith José Rafael Brenes [1] [9] 10,000 Colones A* 30 July 1997 4830001 – 4840000 #13
5 Colones 100th Anniversary of the establishment of Cartago city .999 Silver 10.78g 5,257 proof [2] [1] 10 Colones Attempt of Unification of Middle America .999 Silver 21.56g 5,157 proof [1] 20 Colones Venus de Milo (Universal Art) .999 Silver 43.12g 7,500 proof [2] 25 Colones 25 years of social legislation .999 Silver 53.9g 6,800 proof 50 Colones
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The oldest evidence of human occupation in Costa Rica is associated with the arrival of groups of hunter-gatherers about 10,000 to 19,000 years BC, with ancient archaeological evidence (stone tool making) located in the Turrialba Valley, at sites called Guardiria and Florence, with matching quarry and workshop areas with presence of type clovis spearheads and South American inspired arrows.
Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses, colloquially known as Ticos) are the citizens of Costa Rica, a multiethnic, [3] Spanish-speaking nation in Central America. Costa Ricans are predominantly Mestizos, other ethnic groups people of Indigenous, European, African, and Asian (predominantly Chinese) descent.
In 1938, Povedano made a pencil drawing of Juan de Cavallón (currently in the Visual Arts Collection of the Central Bank), which three years later would be reproduced by the engraver of the printing house Waterlow and Sons, London, on the ticket 20 colones of the National Bank, series E, in 1941.
Old Stock American (also known as Pioneer Stock, Founding Stock or Colonial Stock) is a colloquial name for Americans who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies.