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50 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1941-1942 |
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| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on multicolour guilloche underprint, with red serial numbers, signatures, and overprinted bank name, date, and signature titles. A standing female allegorical figure appears at left, set within an ornate border typical of Waterlow & Sons engraving. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE CINCUENTA COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO Acuerdo No. 4 SAN JOSÉ, 4 de Febrero de 1942 EL MINISTRO DE HACIENDA EL DIRECTOR El Presidente, El Gerente, WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES. (Translation: National Bank of Costa Rica. Issuing department. International Bank of Costa Rica. The International Bank of Costa Rica will pay the bearer the amount of fifty colones, in minted gold coin. Agreement No. 4. San Jose, February 4, 1942. The Ministry of Finance. The Director. The President. The Manager. Waterlow & Sons Limited, London.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue intaglio, the reverse centres on a detailed vignette of the National Monument of Costa Rica in San José, with figures atop a tiered pedestal surrounded by tropical foliage. Denomination numerals "50" appear in guilloche-bordered roundels at left and right, framed by an elaborate scrollwork border. |
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