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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 (10 CRC) |
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| Reverse description | Olive-tan intaglio print on an intricate lathe-work guilloche ground. A large central oval medallion bears the ornate numeral 10 within concentric guilloche rings, flanked by two symmetrical rosette vignettes each containing the numeral 10 in eye-shaped cartouches. The bank title is split across the lower border, with denomination numerals repeated in all four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: International Bank of Costa Rica.) |
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The Banco Internacional de Costa Rica was a state-owned institution established in 1914 to replace the privately-run Banco de Costa Rica and consolidate government control over currency issuance — a reorganization driven partly by the chaos that followed the 1914 suspension of gold convertibility across much of Latin America. This note falls within the series produced under that mandate, with the American Bank Note Company supplying the printed sheets from New York throughout the long 1919–1932 date span.
ABNC's intaglio work for Central American clients during this period was consistent in quality but often shared design elements across multiple countries, making printer attribution from surface inspection alone unreliable without checking the imprint directly.