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20 Colones Series Z
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
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| Obverse description | Brown ink on multicolour underprint. Portrait vignette of former President Cleto González Víquez (1906–1910, 1928–1932) at left, with an architectural scene of buildings and trees to the right. Denomination and issuing authority inscriptions frame the design, with series and agreement references included in the lower panel. |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio vignette on a multicolour guilloche underprint presenting an allegorical scene of Justice: a central standing female figure holds scales aloft on a raised platform, flanked by groups of robed figures in a neoclassical composition. The large numeral '20' appears in a repeated pattern to the right, while the issuing bank's name is inscribed in bold lettering along the lower margin. |
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The Banco Central de Costa Rica relied on the American Bank Note Company for much of its mid-century production, a relationship that stretched across decades and multiple series. By 1983 that relationship was nearing its end — ABNC filed for bankruptcy in 1990 after losing most of its government contracts through the 1980s, and Costa Rica was among the clients that eventually moved on.
The Z series prefix marks a late-run replacement or continuation batch, issued as the country was managing currency pressure from regional economic instability that hit Central America hard in the early 1980s.