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5 Colones Series C
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1963-1967 |
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| Value | 5 Colones |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | a portrait head visible when held to light, positioned in the clear margin area of the note. |
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The Series C 5 Colones was part of Banco Central de Costa Rica's ongoing relationship with Thomas De La Rue, which stretched across multiple series and denominations throughout the 1960s. De La Rue's contract printing for Central American central banks during this period was substantial — Costa Rica was far from their only client in the region, and the consistency of production quality across the Series C issues reflects that industrial familiarity rather than any special commission.
Pick 228 is the most commonly encountered of the Series C colones denominations in circulated grades, suggesting it turned over frequently in everyday commerce during the mid-1960s economic expansion that followed the country's post-war export growth in coffee and bananas.