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100 Colones provisional overprint
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1952-1955 |
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| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA SERIE PROVISIONAL SERIE G ACUERDO DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA CIEN COLONES DOCTOR JOSE MARIA CASTRO MADRIZ EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA GENERAL EL GERENTE GENERAL DEL BANCO |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR ANTIGUA UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTO TOMÁS CIEN COLONES |
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This note belongs to a short-lived transitional series issued while the Banco Central de Costa Rica — established only in 1950 following the nationalization of the banking system after the 1948 civil war — was still building out its own independent issue infrastructure. Rather than commission entirely new plates, the bank overstamped existing stock, a practical stopgap that created a visually distinct hybrid between the old Banco Nacional issues and the incoming central bank series.
The ABNC's involvement predates the 1948 revolution; the underlying plates were already in their New York shop. Provisional overprints on ABNC-produced notes from this region tend to show ink absorption inconsistencies where the stamp crosses the original intaglio work.