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2 Colones Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1931-1936 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA 2 EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA 892375 892375 PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE DOS COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO SAN JOSÉ 5 de Agosto de 1936 Acuerdo Nº 149 2 2 SERIE B SERIE B EL MINISTRO DE HACIENDA EL DIRECTOR WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES (Translation: 2 International Bank of Costa Rica 2 The International Bank of Costa Rica 892375 892375 Will pay the bearer the quantity of Two colones In gold coin San José 5th of August of 1936 Agreement number 149 2 2 Series B Series B The Minister of Finance The Director Waterlow & Sons Limited, London) |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 2 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA 2 2 2 DOS COLONES 2 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES (Translation: 2 2 International Bank of Costa Rica 2 2 2 Two colones 2 Waterlow & Sons Limited, London) |
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Waterlow & Sons held the Costa Rican account through several administrations, and this series reflects the bank's transitional status — the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica was itself a state institution created in 1914 to replace the private commercial banks that had previously monopolized note issue. The 1931 start date places the earliest examples squarely in the opening years of the Great Depression, when Central American economies tied to coffee export prices were under serious pressure.
The Banco Internacional was dissolved and reconstituted as the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica in 1936, which is precisely why this series ends that year — not a printing decision but an institutional death.