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100 Colones 150 Años de Independencia
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 100 Colones |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on multicolor guilloche underprint. Portrait vignette of Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno at left, with a central pastoral vignette of cattle and mountains. Series D. A circular commemorative overprint reads '150 Años de Independencia 1821–1971' applied to the face of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA Corte Suprema de Justicia CIEN COLONES (Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica Supreme Court of Justice One Hundred Colones) |
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Issued to mark the sesquicentennial of Central American independence from Spain — declared on 15 September 1821 — this is one of the few commemorative notes Costa Rica produced in the twentieth century. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for the majority of Banco Central issues from this period, a relationship that dates back well before the Central Bank's 1950 founding to earlier concession-era notes printed for Costa Rica's private banks.
The format is notably square by any measure — 167 by 156 mm puts it close to a 1:1 aspect ratio, which is genuinely unusual for a circulating banknote of this denomination.