What are the sizes of denominations?
Paper Costa Rican Currency comes in 1,000 colones, 2,000 colones, 5,000 colones, 10,000 colones and 20,000 colones. Next year the government plans to introduce the 50,000 colone note. As a rule of thumb, to get approximate USD value, simply remove the last three zeros and multiply the remaining numbers by 2 to get USD. Thus a 10,000 colone note is about $20 USD. This can be useful to ensure that you do not get taken advantage of while trying to work out the currency exchange!
