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100 Pesos

Emittent República de Costa Rica
Jahr 1885
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Währung Peso (1885-1896)
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung The face is organized into distinct vignette panels over a fine guilloche underprint, with an oval vignette of a large neoclassical government building at upper left and a uniformed military portrait bust within an oval medallion at centre-right. The denomination '100' appears in large numerals within dark cartouches at upper left and lower right, with a circular seal at the far right. The legend 'REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA' runs across the upper register in bold letterpress, and the place and date of issue appear in the lower central field alongside a manuscript serial number.
Vorderseitenlegende REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
Las administraciones de las Rentas Públicas pagarán al Portador la Suma de
CIEN PESOS
acuñada en moneda corriente de este País
SAN JOSE DE COSTA RICA
100
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The República de Costa Rica's 1885 issues came during a period when the country had no central bank — the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica wasn't established until 1914. Notes of this era were authorized directly by the republic and printed abroad, a common arrangement for Central American governments that lacked domestic printing infrastructure capable of producing secure currency.

American Bank Note Company held a near-monopoly on prestige currency printing for Latin American clients through the latter half of the nineteenth century, and the technical quality of their intaglio work on this series is notably high relative to contemporaneous regional issues. Pick 124 is scarce in any grade; the 1880s Costa Rican republic notes had limited production runs and circulated hard in a cash-dependent economy.