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1 Colón provisional overprint
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio note printed on Banco Internacional de Costa Rica stock, centred on a seated allegorical female figure flanked by symmetrical guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral 1 and the denomination UNO. A bold red letterpress overprint reading BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA / DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR is applied across the upper portion, converting the note to a provisional issue. The lower margin carries the legend UN COLON EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO, with the American Bank Note Company imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE UNO SAN JOSÉ SÉRIE C UN COLON EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. |
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In 1943, the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica applied a provisional overprint to existing stock rather than commissioning a new printing — a wartime economy measure that affected several denominations across the series. The American Bank Note Company had produced the underlying notes, but the overprint itself was applied locally, which is why registration on surviving examples varies considerably.
Pick 190 is among the more common provisional issues from this period, though notes with clean, well-struck overprints are harder to find than the raw survival numbers suggest.