5 Colones

Issuer	Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Year	1916
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Currency	Colón (1896-date)
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Obverse lettering	BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE CINCO COLONES SAN JOSÉ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
Reverse description	Entirely engraved in deep blue, the reverse is dominated by a large central ornamental panel enclosing an elaborate interlocking cipher of the numeral 5, surrounded by dense guilloche scrollwork and flanked by two ornate rosette medallions bearing the numeral 5. Corner pieces repeat the denomination, and the bank name is divided across the lower margin reading BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA. The American Bank Note Company imprint appears discreetly at the lower centre.
Reverse lettering	BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
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