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10 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1919-1932 |
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| Value | 10 Colones |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE DIEZ COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA SAN JOSÉ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark olive-black on white paper, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche framework centering on a large oval medallion with the numeral 10 in ornate script, enclosed within an engine-turned border. The numeral 10 also appears in large format to the left and right of the central medallion, all set against dense lathe-work underprint. The legend BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA is split across the lower margin, with AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY in small letters at bottom center. |
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The Banco Internacional de Costa Rica was established in 1914 as a state-controlled institution, effectively absorbing the monetary functions previously fragmented across several private commercial banks. Its note issues through the American Bank Note Company reflect a deliberate policy of anchoring Costa Rican currency credibility to a prestigious North American printer during a period when the colón was under sustained pressure from export commodity swings — coffee and banana revenues were volatile throughout the 1920s.
The thirteen-year date range on P#175 is notably long, suggesting the plates saw extended use across multiple print runs with minimal revision. ABNC-printed Latin American notes from this period frequently show subtle plate wear in later impressions, worth examining under magnification on examples dated toward the early 1930s.