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50 Colones
| Emittent | Banco Mercantil de Costa Rica |
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| Jahr | 1910-1916 |
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| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Cotton paper |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Central intaglio vignette of a bald eagle perched on a rock within an oval frame, flanked by guilloche panels bearing the numeral 50. Bank title in large letterpress across the top, with series letter and serial numbers in red. SPECIMEN overprints appear at lower left and right; printer's imprint at bottom. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Central intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure surrounded by artistic implements within an oval guilloche border, flanked by engine-turned rosettes bearing the numeral 50 in blue. Intricate lathework frames the entire design. Bank name lettered in a straight legend across the lower portion. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Banco Mercantil de Costa Rica was a private commercial bank operating under Costa Rica's free banking regime, one of several institutions authorized to issue their own currency before the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica assumed exclusive right of issue in 1914. The Mercantil continued redeeming outstanding notes beyond that date, which means examples from this series could have remained in private hands well into the mid-1910s.
ABNC produced plates for dozens of Latin American private bank clients during this period, and the Mercantil series follows that commercial contract pattern — competent intaglio work, standard security features of the era, nothing experimental. At 50 Colones, this was the highest-denomination instrument most ordinary Costa Ricans would rarely have handled.