Costa Rica 50 Colones 1970

This is a modern coin produced in small quantities from 0.216 troy ounces of gold. It carries a value equal to its weight in gold, plus a few dollars for rarity.

At today's gold price ($1270 US dollars per troy ounce, look it up at kitco.com, it changes every day), the gold value is 0.216 x 1615 = $275 US dollars. A collector might pay $20 or so above this amount.

A small amount of coins bear a counter mark of '1AR' just above a fineness statement of '.900' at the bottom of the reverse. These coins are scarce and catalog at $120 above the current gold value when in fully uncirculated condition.
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Coin: 9986, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: Modern
Created (yyyymm): 201200, Last review: 201600
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic yellow Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1970, filter: 1970 to 1970
Image: costa_rica_50_colones_1970.jpg
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