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Spanish American gold coins were minted in one-half, one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations, with each escudo worth around two Spanish dollars or $2. The two-escudo (or $4 coin) was the "doubloon" or "pistole", and the large eight-escudo (or $16) was a "quadruple pistole".
At one point in 1918 it took only 78·30 pesos to buy US$100. The peso then depreciated sharply, and at its low in 1921 it took 170·50 pesos to buy US$100. This was followed by steady improvement and Uruguay was able to go on a gold exchange standard in 1925, maintaining the previous gold par of US$1·0342 per peso until December 1929.
Doblón was launched in September 1974. [3] José Antonio Martínez Soler was the founder of the magazine who had worked as the editor-in-chief of Cambio 16. [1] He started Doblón following his dismissal from Cambio 16.
The most notable battle was the Battle of San Isidro de El General. This battle was carried out at around 6:30 a.m. when 200 government forces engaged the revolutionaries at the city's central plaza. The fight was won by José Figueres Ferrer and his revolutionary forces, which secured the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica in rebel hands. [5]
Spanish America did the same as explained in es:doblón. One of the surviving gold coins, weighing 26.6 grams (0.86 ozt) and composed of 0.917 (22-carat) gold, was sold at a public auction for $625,000 in March 1981. [2]
¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (English translation: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) is a Costa Rican game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Ignacio Santos Pasamontes. The main goal of the game is to win ₡35,000,000 by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly.
30 May 2021 Costa Rican Championships San José, Costa Rica [29] Shot put: 14.90 m Deisheline Mayers: 9 July 2021 NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships: San José, Costa Rica [30] Discus throw: 46.40 m Haydee Grijalba: 6 December 2020 Costa Rican Championships San José, Costa Rica Hammer throw: 51.47 m Daniela Francini: 3 July 2022 Central ...
During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya (nowadays Guanacaste), it was at the beginning of the 20th century that President Alfredo González Flores signed a decree that transferred the administration of Lepanto along with Paquera and Cóbano (towns in the extreme south of the Nicoya peninsula) to the province of Puntarenas.