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2 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR SERIE PROVISIONAL SERIE F SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA 5 de diciembre de 1937 ACUERDO DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA GENERAL EL GERENTE GENERAL DEL BANCO JOAQUIN B. CALVO DOS COLONES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica / National Bank of Costa Rica / Issuing Department / Provisional Series / Series F / San José, Costa Rica / 5 December 1937 / Resolution of the Board of Directors / The President of the General Board of Directors / The General Manager of the Bank / Joaquín B. Calvo / Two Colones / American Bank Note Company) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR PILA DE LA PLAZA PRINCIPAL DE SAN JOSÉ DOS COLONES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: National Bank of Costa Rica / Issuing Department / Fountain of the Main Square of San José / Two Colones / American Bank Note Company) |
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The Banco Central de Costa Rica was established in 1950 to replace the private Banco Nacional system, and by the mid-1960s its lower denominations were seeing heavy use in a still largely agrarian economy. The 2 Colones occupied an awkward position in daily commerce — worth enough to matter, replaced quickly enough to wear out fast.
ABNC printed extensively for Central American issuers during this period, and their intaglio work on Costa Rican notes of the 1960s is consistent and competent without being especially distinguished. The watermark is the primary security concession on this denomination.