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20 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
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| Size | 156 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Olive-brown note with the bank title BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA / DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR across the top, flanked by large numeral 20 counters at each corner. A central large guilloche numeral 20 medallion dominates the middle field, with the date and place of issue (SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA) to the left and serial number and serie letter above and below. An intaglio portrait vignette of a male figure in formal 19th-century attire occupies the right portion of the note, framed by fine lathe-work borders. Signature titles EL VICE-PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA and SUB-GERENTE DEL BANCO appear at the lower left and right respectively, with manuscript signatures below. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red-orange, the reverse is centred on a large landscape vignette of Volcán Poás, with dramatic cloud formations rising from the crater amid rugged mountainous terrain. The vignette is flanked symmetrically by ornate guilloche scrollwork panels bearing the numeral 20, and the bank title BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA / DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR runs across the top. The denomination VEINTE COLONES appears in bold lettering at the foot of the note, with XX counters at each corner and the printer's imprint below. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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