Thomas De La Rue held the Costa Rican printing contract through most of the mid-twentieth century, and this Series B issue sits squarely in that long relationship. The Banco Central de Costa Rica was established only in 1950, replacing the older Banco Nacional as the sole note-issuing authority — this note belongs to the relatively early phase of that institution building its independent identity through successive redesigned series rather than a single settled design.
The five-year span of this issue, 1962–1967, crossed a period of moderate economic growth tied to coffee and banana export revenues, with no currency crisis to explain its replacement.
Thomas De La Rue held the Costa Rican printing contract through most of the mid-twentieth century, and this Series B issue sits squarely in that long relationship. The Banco Central de Costa Rica was established only in 1950, replacing the older Banco Nacional as the sole note-issuing authority — this note belongs to the relatively early phase of that institution building its independent identity through successive redesigned series rather than a single settled design.
The five-year span of this issue, 1962–1967, crossed a period of moderate economic growth tied to coffee and banana export revenues, with no currency crisis to explain its replacement.