Volledige afbeeldingen bekijken — gratis registratie
Doorgaan met Google — het is gratis of registreer met e-mail

1 Colón

Uitgever Banco Anglo Costarricense
Jaar 1917
Type Log in om details te zien
Waarde Log in om details te zien
Valuta Colón (1896-1986)
Samenstelling Log in om details te zien
Afmetingen Log in om details te zien
Vorm Log in om details te zien
Drukker Log in om details te zien
Ontwerper(s) Log in om details te zien
Graveur(s) Log in om details te zien
In omloop tot Log in om details te zien
Referentie(s) Log in om details te zien
Beschrijving voorzijde Dark-bordered note with a central intaglio vignette of a three-quarter portrait bust of a gentleman in formal attire set within an ornate oval frame, flanked by large guilloche numeral '1' underprints on both sides. The bank title 'EL BANCO ANGLO COSTARRICENSE' runs across the top, with serial numbers and 'SERIE A' at upper left and right, and the place of issue 'SAN JOSÉ' at lower left. The lower panel carries the promise-to-pay inscription 'PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE UN COLÓN EN MONEDA NACIONAL DE ORO CONFORME A LEY 23 JUNIO 1917', with signature titles 'EL PRESIDENTE' and 'EL ADMINISTRADOR' flanking the text.
Opschrift voorzijde EL BANCO ANGLO COSTARRICENSE
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE
UN COLÓN
EN MONEDA NACIONAL DE ORO
CONFORME A LEY 23 JUNIO 1917
SAN JOSÉ
SERIE A
EL PRESIDENTE
EL ADMINISTRADOR
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
Beschrijving keerzijde Log in om details te zien
Opschrift keerzijde Log in om details te zien
Handtekening(en) Log in om details te zien
Beveiligingstype Log in om details te zien
Beschrijving beveiliging Log in om details te zien
Varianten Log in om details te zien
Opmerkingen

Banco Anglo Costarricense was a British-owned commercial bank operating in Costa Rica, one of three private banks legally authorized to issue currency in the country during this period. The Anglo, as it was known locally, had operated since 1863 and enjoyed a reputation for sound reserves — its notes generally commanded more public confidence than those of its domestic rivals.

The American Bank Note Company contract for this series placed production firmly in New York, though the notes circulated exclusively through the bank's Costa Rican branches. ABNC handled most of the region's private bank note printing at this time, and the plates were their work entirely.

Costa Rica nationalized its banking system in 1948, ending all private note issue. The Anglo itself was finally liquidated in 1994 after a spectacular fraud scandal that ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars.