Owner Comments:
1900 10 Colones - Design: OBVERSE: Bust of Christopher Columbus ~ REVERSE: Features the national arms – three volcanoes separating two oceans, each with a sailing ship, recallingCoata Rica’s location between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The five stars above mark the fact that Costa Rica was a member of the Central American Federation during the last century.
Mint: Philadelphia, USA
Mintage: 140,000
References: KM #140 / Fr. 20
Specifications: Diameter – 21.0mm
Weight – 7.7800 g. @ 0.900 Gold = .2251 oz AGW
Acquired: July 2008
Providence: None
Notes:
Ø Of interest, this coin was minted in the US at the Philadelphia Mint. One of only six countries to do so with circulating gold pieces.
Ø Costa Rica has the distinction of having issued the world’s only circulating gold pieces with the likeness of Christopher Columbus.
Ø The monetary unit, “Colon”, is named for Columbus (Christopher Columbus is Cristobal Colon in Spanish)