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20 Colones Banco Comercial de Costa Rica
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, USA |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on yellow and orange guilloche underprint, with red serial numbers. Central vignette presents the façade of the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San José, executed in fine line engraving. Denomination numeral "20" and bank title appear in ornate letterpress surround with signature lines for Presidente and Administrador. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE COSTA RICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE VEINTE COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO SAN JOSÉ PRESIDENTE ADMINISTRADOR American Bank Note Co. New York (Translation: The Commercial Bank of Costa Rica will pay to the bearer at sight the amount of twenty colones, in minted gold coin. President. Administrator.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue intaglio. A classical Liberty head in profile facing right occupies a central oval vignette, wreathed in laurel and set within an elaborate guilloche surround. Large denomination numerals "20" appear in ornate lathe-work cartouches at left and right, with Roman numeral "XX" counters flanking the central vignette. |
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