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100 Colones

Emittent Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Jahr 1914
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung Dark olive-green intaglio engraving on a fine guilloche underprint. To the left, a classical allegorical female figure seated with a lion at her feet occupies a large vignette. At center, the denomination numeral '100' appears within an ornate cartouche, flanked by the serial number 'Nº 5369' repeated twice. The upper legend reads 'BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA', with the place of issue 'SAN JOSÉ', series letter, and date '1° Noviembre de 1914' inscribed below. The lower panel carries the text 'CIEN COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA', with two manuscript signatures at the foot.
Vorderseitenlegende BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE
CIEN COLONES
EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA
SAN JOSÉ
1° Noviembre de 1914
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The Banco Internacional de Costa Rica was the country's state bank, established in 1914 — the same year this note was issued — replacing the earlier Banco de Costa Rica as the government's primary financial institution. The timing was not coincidental: the reorganization was driven partly by concerns over monetary discipline and centralized control that had been building since the 1900s coffee export boom left private banks overextended.

American Bank Note Company's involvement was typical for Central American state banks of the period, but the P#164 is among the earliest issues from this new institution, making surviving examples genuinely early in the series.