Category: Central America

• Tiny Wings, Big Bills: Hummingbirds on Paper Money (Part 1)

  

  My wife recently purchased a hummingbird feeder and set it up in our backyard. I’m not quite sure how successful these contraptions are, but I share in our kids’ enthusiasm for the project. We all look forward to seeing these wonders of nature in close proximity. With early May upon us, the timing for their…

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  May 15, 2026

  Caribbean, Central America, South America

  bank, banknotes, beetle, butterfly, colones, forest, guilder, hummingbird, insects, nectar, rabbit, travel, volvano, watermark

• Living the “Pura Vida”: Costa Rica’s 10000 Colónes Note

  

  The Colón (CRC), has served as Costa Rica’s national currency since 1896 after it replaced the Peso, the previous currency more closely related to Spanish reales symbolic of the colonial era. However, the word Colón translates to Columbus (in reference to the explorer), who reached Costa Rica in 1502, therefore preserving an everlasting link to…

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  April 7, 2024

  Central America

  adventure, banknotes, beaches, Central America, colónes, collecting, Columbus, costa-rica, flora, nature, orchid, rainforest, series, sloth, Spain, travel, vacation