Catalog
10 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 10 Colones |
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| Obverse description | Black on multicolour underprint. The upper portion carries the bank title BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA in bold letterpress across the full width, flanked on each side by the numeral 10 and serial number panels. A central agricultural vignette depicts several figures engaged in field labour amid trees, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The lower margin bears the promise text PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE DIEZ COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA, with the date 1.° Noviembre de 1914 at lower right and the imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA 10 |
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The Banco Internacional de Costa Rica was established in 1914 as a state-owned institution created specifically to absorb the insolvent Banco de Costa Rica — the timing of this note's issue reflects that transitional moment directly. The American Bank Note Company handled printing for a broad sweep of Latin American governments during this period, and Costa Rica was a reliable client across multiple series.
P#161 is scarce in any grade, likely because 10 Colones represented substantial purchasing power in 1914 Costa Rica and notes of this value tended to circulate hard before wearing out entirely.