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5 Colones Series D
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1968-1992 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA RAFAEL YGLESIAS CASTRO PRESIDENTE EJECUTIVO GERENTE CINCO COLONES (Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Rafael Yglesias Castro, Executive President, Manager, Five Colones) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette reproduces the 1897 allegorical mural by J. Villa from the Teatro Nacional, rendered in multicolour intaglio and letterpress. The left half of the composition shows labourers loading sacks of coffee and bananas onto sailing vessels at a tropical port, while the right half presents female figures harvesting coffee cherries into baskets amid lush plantation foliage and palm trees. Ornate guilloche side panels bearing the numeral 5 flank the vignette, with the printer's imprint reading 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED' at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA ALEGORÍA. TEATRO NACIONAL. J.VILLA 1897 CINCO COLONES THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED (Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica, Allegory. National Theatre. J. Villa 1897, Five Colones) |
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