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5 Colones 150 Años de Independencia
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Size | 155 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green underprint with orange-purple vignette area at left bearing the national flower of Costa Rica, the Guaria Morada orchid (Guarianthe skinneri). A portrait of President Rafael Yglesias Castro is placed to the right. A circular commemorative overprint reading "150 Años de Independencia 1821–1971" is applied over the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Costa Rica's 150th anniversary of independence fell in 1971, and this commemorative 5 Colones issue was one of several notes released to mark the occasion — unusual for a denomination that had long since settled into workhorse circulation status. Thomas De La Rue produced the print run in London, as they had for much of the Banco Central's output through this period.
Commemorative banknotes from Central American republics of this era rarely stayed in circulation long; the public tended to save them, which means worn examples are actually the harder find.