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50 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
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| Obverse description | Specimen trial note with serial numbers rendered as '00000' in red overprint. The central vignette presents a reclining allegorical female figure set within an ornate intaglio frame, flanked by large guilloche medallions bearing the numeral '50' at left and right. The bank title 'BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA' runs in bold letterpress across the top, with 'San José' at lower left and the American Bank Note Company imprint at the base. Red 'SPECIMEN' overprints appear at lower left and right, and the promise text 'PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE CINCUENTA COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA' is inscribed across the lower central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA No 00000 Serie B 50 San José PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE CINCUENTA COLONES EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA SPECIMEN American Bank Note Co. New York EL PRESIDENTE EL GERENTE |
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| Variants | P#170Aa - Without punch hole cancellation P#170Ab - With punch hole cancellation |
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