Catalog
50 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Anglo Costarricense |
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| Year | 1904-1917 |
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| Reference(s) | P#125 |
| Obverse description | Blue on pink and orange underprint. Oval portrait vignette at left center within laurel wreath frame. Large numeral "50" in guilloche panel at right. Issuer name across top, denomination in Spanish below. Signature lines for Presidente and Administrador at bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ANGLO COSTARRICENSE PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA LA CANTIDAD DE CINCUENTA COLONES EN MONEDA NACIONAL DE ORO San José Serie A PRESIDENTE ADMINISTRADOR |
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Banco Anglo Costarricense was one of three private banks authorized to issue currency in Costa Rica under the 1900 banking law, a system that persisted until the government consolidated note-issuing authority in the 1930s. The Anglo's origins were British — it operated as the local arm of Anglo-South American banking interests — which makes the choice of the American Bank Note Company for this series a commercially pragmatic one rather than a nationally symbolic decision.
The thirteen-year date span on this issue reflects continuous reissue from standing plates rather than a single print run. ABNC retained the intaglio dies, allowing the bank to order additional sheets as needed without redesign costs.