20 Colones

Issuer	Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Year	1916
Type	Pattern or trial banknote
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Obverse description	Multicolour note with a central vignette of a seated allegorical female figure holding a staff with a serpent, set against an elaborate guilloche underprint in orange, yellow and blue. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large format to the lower left, flanked by ornate lathe-work rosettes, with the zero-zero serial number '00000' printed in red at upper left and right. The overprint 'SPECIMEN' appears in red at the lower right, with punch-hole cancellations visible.
Obverse lettering	BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA SAN JOSE VEINTE SÉRIE B PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE VEINTE COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA EL DIRECTOR SPECIMEN
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Reverse lettering	BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
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