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20 Colones Series C
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1962-1983 |
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| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central allegorical vignette of Justice standing on a raised dais, holding scales aloft, surrounded by numerous classical figures in robes arranged in a courtly scene; the composition is rendered in intaglio with fine line engraving. Guilloche rosette patterns fill the background, and a column of repeated "20" numerals appears at the right margin. |
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| Protection description | the portrait of Cleto González Víquez visible in the paper when held to light |
| Variants | P#238a - 10.07.1972 & 06.09.1972 error: Birthplace of Viquez misspelled as "Barba" P#238b - 13.11.1972, 13.12.1972, 11.07.1973, 12.06.1974, 09.06.1975, 04.05.1976 & 26.04.1977 error: Birthplace of Viquez misspelled as "Barba" P#238c - 01.06.1978, 30.04.1979, 30.08.1979, 18.03.1980, 28.08.1980, 02.04.1981, 02.12.1981, 24.12.1981, 18.05.1982, 08.07.1982, 04.11.1982 & 07.04.1983 Birthplace of Viquez correctly spelled as "Barva" |
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