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2 Colones provisional overprint
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
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| Obverse description | Blue-toned note with a central guilloche underprint bearing the large numeral '2' and the text 'DOS COLONES' in bold letterpress. The left portion carries the promise-to-pay text of the Caja de Conversion overprint, while an allegorical vignette to the right presents two classical female figures flanking a tablet, rendered in intaglio engraving. The note is dated San José, 6 de Febrero de 1940, with series and serial number printed in the upper corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA 2 CAJA DE CONVERSION AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. |
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| Variants | P#197a - 07.02.1940 P#197b - 09.05.1940 |
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