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20 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1919-1936 |
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| Value | 20 Colones |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue intaglio note with the bank title INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA arched across the top beneath BANCO. A central vignette depicts agricultural workers harvesting sugar cane in the field, rendered in fine engraved detail. The denomination 20 appears in ornate guilloche cartouches at left and in an oval underprint at right, with serial numbers and SÉRIE C printed in red; the lower margin bears the promise text PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE VEINTE COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO, and the note is dated San José, 3 de julio de 1936. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA VEINTE 20 SÉRIE C Acuerdo N° 91 3 de julio de 1936 San José PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE VEINTE COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | Printed in orange-brown, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche framework of interlocking lathe-work panels surrounding a central oval vignette of an allegorical female head in profile, laurel-wreathed, engraved in intaglio. The denomination numeral 20 appears in two flanking cartouches. The bank name is split between the top margin — BANCO INTERNACIONAL — and the bottom margin — DE COSTA RICA — framed by ornamental rosette borders. |
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