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2 Colones provisional overprint
| Issuer | Caja de Conversión, 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 intaglio print on multicolour guilloche underprint; red serial numbers, date, and signatures. An allegorical standing female figure holding a model airplane appears at left beside a seated allegorical female figure at right. Red provisional overprint lines and signature titles applied across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA CAJA DE CONVERSIÓN LA CAJA DE CONVERSIÓN PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE DOS COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICAM O EN LETRAS DE CAMBIO A LA VISTA SOBRE NUEVA YORK A OPCION DEL ADMINISTRADOR, EN LA RELACIÓN DE UN DOLAR POR CADA CUATRO COLONES. Acuerdo No. 5 SAN JOSE, 7 de Febrero de 1940 EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA EL DIRECTOR Presidente Gerente AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: International Bank of Costa Rica. Conversion office. The Conversion office will pay the bearer on sight the amount of two colones, in minted gold coin of the United States of America, or in bills of exchange in New York at the option of the administrator, at the exchange rate of one dollar for every four colones. Agreement No. 5. San Jose, February 7, 1940. The Secretary of the Treasury. The Director. President. Manager.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA CAJA DE CONVERSION AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: International Bank of Costa Rica. Conversion office.) |
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