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I have a wad of old notes, 5,000 1,000 500 and 50 colones. Which ones are no longer acceptable?

thanks,
El Gamin

The 500 colon bill has been phased out and replaced with a coin. I think you can still exchange them in banks but they are no longer accepted anywhere else. Hold on to the 50 colon bill, that has got to be a collectors' item by now. The 1000 and 5000 are still in use.

Thanks!

ElGamin

No Cien, por favor.

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It is cheaper to pay now and get it over with.
It is also easier to get them to leave.

YO Currency Cocks:

Speaking of CR Bills. I really hated it when they replaced the 500 c bill with the 500 coin. It is so much like the 100 coin that in not well lighted and haste situations I am always giving out the 500 coin when I think I'm giving 100 colone coins. One time I mistakingly gave four of them as a taxi fare. Hell, I've tried separate pockets, whatever but still do it.

Just a note: I have bought CR gold coins on some trips and it's interesting to look at a 1898 5 colone (same size as our US $5 gold coin) and am reminded to the inflation since then......about 100 times the 1898 face value.

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Damn if I'm going to repeat this shit again. I need a drink.
I've been drinking vodka every day for 45 years and I have certainly never found it to be habit forming.

...and those coins are damn uncomfortable with a beautiful dancer sitting on your lap
Sparky

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Sparky
Get in line to ride the lightning!!!


Almost legally single again! Voy a Colombia otra vece!!

The original 500c coin that replaced the bill was so similar to the 100c that it was soon replaced by a larger one. Interestingly, the original 500c coin is no longer accepted. If you have some, you can go wait at a line at a bank to convert them. I just gave mine away to people who looked more likely to wait in a bank line.