10 Colones

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.