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The colón is the currency of two Central American nations:
- Costa Rica (ISO 4217 three-letter currency code: CRC) see Costa Rican colón
- El Salvador (ISO 4217: SVC) – since 2001 used in parallel with the United States dollar; see dollarization, El Salvador colón.
The Costa Rican colón is divided into 100 céntimos; the Salvadoran colón is divided into 100 centavos.
The Spanish-language plural form is colones, but most English speakers use the simpler plural colons.
Symbol (₡)
Colones from Costa Rica and El Salvador have the same symbol, in Unicode its code point is U+20A1. the decimal representation is 8353.de:Costa-Rica-Colón pt:Colón (Moeda)