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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Ministerio de Hacienda y Guerra, República de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 PESOS REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA Las Administraciones de las Rentas Publicas pagarán al Portador la Suma de CINCO PESOS en moneda acuñada y corriente de este Pais. San José de Costa Rica, 2 de Enero de 1865 El Secretario de Hacienda El Administrador Principal MINISTERO DE HACIENDA Y GUERRA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA AMERICA CENTRAL BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. BANK NOTE ENGRAVERS, LONDON (Translation: Republic of Costa Rica. The Public Revenue Administrations will pay to the bearer the sum of five pesos in minted and current money of this country. San José, Costa Rica, January 2nd, 1865. The Secretary of the Treasury. The Principal Administrator. Ministry of Finance and War. Republic of Costa Rica. Central America.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, plain paper. |
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The Ministerio de Hacienda y Guerra — the combined Finance and War Ministry — issued paper currency directly rather than through a chartered bank, which was the norm for Costa Rica before formal banking infrastructure existed. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company were at this point firmly established as one of Britain's premier security printers, supplying notes and bonds to governments across Latin America that lacked domestic printing capability.
Pick 103 is among the earliest catalogued Costa Rican issues, predating the founding of the Banco Anglo-Costarricense by five years.