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5 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1931-1936 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Red and blue intaglio print over yellow underprint with red serial numbers. A central vignette presents three standing female figures carrying baskets at right, set against a background of trees. Guilloche patterns frame the design with denomination numeral and bank inscriptions. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE CINCO COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA Acuerdo No. 21 SAN JOSÉ, 16 de Enero de 1936 EL MINISTRO DE HACIENDA EL DIRECTOR THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO LD. LONDRES INGLATERRA (Translation: International Bank of Costa Rica. The International Bank of Costa Rica will pay the bearer the amount of five colones, in minted gold coin. Agreement No. 21. San Jose, January 16, 1936. The Ministry of Finance. The Director. Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ld. London, England.) |
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The Banco Internacional de Costa Rica was the country's de facto central bank during this period, having absorbed the note-issuing functions of its predecessors in 1914. It would be replaced outright by the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica in 1936 — which neatly brackets the issue window for this series. Notes dated at the tail end of that range were likely still in circulation when the institutional changeover occurred, with redemption handled by the successor bank.
De La Rue's involvement in Central American currency was extensive by the 1930s, and their printing quality for this region held consistently high. Paper brittleness along fold lines is a known weakness in surviving Costa Rican De La Rue issues from this decade, attributable to the humid storage conditions common in the region rather than any production deficiency.