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5 Colones Series A
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1951-1958 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco Central de Costa Rica SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA ACUERDO DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA № 2 24 de agosto de 1957 5 CINCO COLONES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. |
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| Reverse lettering | Banco Central de Costa Rica 5 V PATIO DE CAFÉ CINCO COLONES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. |
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The Banco Central de Costa Rica was established in 1950, replacing the Banco Nacional as the country's sole currency-issuing authority — this Series A note is among the earliest issues under the new institution. The American Bank Note Company held a near-exclusive relationship with Costa Rica through much of the mid-twentieth century, and the quality of intaglio work on these small-denomination notes is noticeably finer than the lithographic output Costa Rica received from some regional printers in earlier decades.
The seven-year print window for this series is unusually broad, suggesting demand for the 5 Colón denomination remained steady through the 1950s without requiring a redesign.