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2 Colones
| Issuer | República de Costa Rica (Secretaría de Hacienda) |
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| Year | 1910-1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on light paper with a red-orange underprint. To the left, an intaglio vignette presents a bust portrait of Christopher Columbus in left profile. The centre of the note carries a large guilloche rosette enclosing the numeral '2', flanked by the denomination text 'DOS COLONES' below. To the right, the national coat of arms of Costa Rica appears within a circular cartouche. The heading 'REPÚBLICA DE COSTA RICA' is set across the top in bold letterpress, with the certifying legend and payability clause inscribed in smaller text above and below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-pink tones. A large guilloche rosette bearing the numeral '2' anchors the left side, while the central panel carries a circular guilloche border enclosing a female allegorical bust portrait facing front, surrounded by the legend 'REPÚBLICA DE COSTA RICA' and 'DOS COLONES'. To the right, the national coat of arms appears again within an ornate cartouche. The overall design is composed of intricate lathe-work patterns and fine engine-turned guilloche borders filling the entire field. |
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The Secretaría de Hacienda — the Treasury, not a commercial bank — issued this note directly, which places it outside the mainstream of Costa Rican banking history. In this period, note-issuing authority in Costa Rica was fragmented among private banks and state bodies, a situation that persisted until the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica consolidated matters in 1914. This note belongs to the transitional years just before that change.
ABNC production from their New York plant meant engraved intaglio printing to a consistently high technical standard. The series ran across the 1910–1914 window, and differentiating dates within that span typically requires examining the manuscript or stamped date rather than any typographic variation.