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20 Colones
| Uitgever | Banco de Costa Rica |
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| Jaar | 1901 |
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| Referentie(s) | P#S179 |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Black intaglio on multicolor underprint; a central vignette shows a monumental statue on a pedestal surrounded by trees, framed by ornate guilloche borders in red. Denomination numeral '20' appears in large oval guilloche panels at left and right, with 'BANCO DE COSTA RICA' arching across the top. Date and serial number appear at upper corners, with 'VEINTE COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA' inscribed at the foot. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Printed in brown intaglio on pale underprint; a central vignette presents a grand neoclassical building set within an ornate cartouche, flanked by symmetrical guilloche rosette panels bearing the numeral '20'. 'BANCO DE COSTA RICA' is inscribed at the top and 'COSTA RICA' at the bottom within decorative scroll frames. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banco de Costa Rica was a private commercial bank operating under government concession — not a central bank — and its notes circulated as the country's de facto currency until the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica absorbed its functions in 1914. The American Bank Note Company produced the full range of BCR issues from New York, a typical arrangement for Central American banks of the period that lacked domestic printing infrastructure capable of the required security standards.
The S-prefix Pick reference indicates this is catalogued in the Specialized volume as a private commercial bank issue rather than a government emission. High denominations from this series surface rarely; the 20 Colones saw limited everyday use by volume relative to smaller values.