Catalog
25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Herediano |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on a cream-toned paper ground, with the bank title EL BANCO HEREDIANO in bold letterpress across the upper portion and the denomination 25 in a decorative panel at the upper right. At the left stands a classical allegorical female figure in intaglio, robed and holding a staff with an eagle finial, while a smaller vignette at the lower right presents a winged angelic figure in a similar engraved style. The central text reads Pagará al portador, á la vista, Veinte y Cinco Pesos en moneda acuñada, with the place of issue Heredia and the manuscript date de Mayo de 1881 inscribed below, accompanied by two manuscript signatures above the printed titles GERENTE and PRESIDENTE. |
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| Reverse lettering | VEINTE Y CINCO |
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The Banco Herediano was one of several provincial banks operating in Costa Rica during the free banking period of the 1860s–1880s, before the government moved to consolidate and eventually nationalize note-issuing authority. Based in Heredia — the country's fourth city, not its commercial capital — the bank operated on a modest regional scale, which kept circulation of its higher denominations genuinely limited.
The American Bank Note Company held the contract for much of Central America's private banking paper during this period, producing plates that were frequently reused or adapted across issuers. The P#S183 designation places this squarely in the speculative/private bank series, meaning surviving examples are catalogued from a very thin population.