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5 Colones XXV Aniversario BCCR
| Issuer | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 5 Colones |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-width intaglio reproduction of the allegorical mural painted by Aleardo Villa in 1897 for the Teatro Nacional in San José, rendered in rich polychrome tones. The composition shows a bustling tropical harvest scene divided into two registers: at left, labourers load coffee and banana cargo onto sailing vessels at a port, while at right, a lively group of pickers — women in colourful dress and men in broad-brimmed hats — gather fruit among palm trees. Guilloche borders frame the upper and lower edges, with the denomination numeral "5" at each upper corner. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA ALEGORÍA. TEATRO NACIONAL. J.VILLA 1897 CINCO COLONES (Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica. Allegory. National Theatre, J.VILLA 1897. Five Colones.) |
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| Protection description | Number "5" in stylized font. |
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