Tomorrow Last Day For Silver “Plateado” Coins As Legal Tender
December 30th, 2009 | by admin |
The silver or “plateado” coins of ¢5, ¢10 and ¢20 will stop being legal currency as of tomorrow, said the Banco Central de Costa Rica (Central Bank).These are the heavy silver coins that are larger than the other coins in the same denominations and according to the Central Bank are difficult to handle by the blind.
Beginning on January 1, the coins can be exchanged only at local banks and then only at the Central Bank beggining on March 21.
The Central Bank assures that it has sufficient inventory of coins on hand to replace the circulation of the plateados.
