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5 Colones Series A
| Uitgever | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Jaar | 1951-1958 |
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| Referentie(s) | P#220 |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Green intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with a large central numeral '5' vignette enclosed by intricate engine-turned lathe-work borders and the bank title in ornate script along the top margin. To the right, an oval intaglio portrait of Braulio Carrillo Colina is rendered in fine line engraving, facing three-quarters left within a decorative frame. Red serial numbers appear at upper left and lower right, with the 'SERIE A' designation at upper right. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Green intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with a central vignette rendered in fine line engraving illustrating a worker shoveling coffee beans on a drying patio. The bank title appears in ornate script along the upper margin, with the denomination repeated in numerals at the corners and in words along the lower border. |
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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.