| Issuer | Costa Rica |
| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Commemorative note |
| Value | 500 Colones |
| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
| Composition | Paper (Security thread) |
| Size | 168 × 155 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#245 |
| Obverse description | Purple on multicolour underprint. Bank name and serial number at top, two signatures and value in numeral and word form at left-centre, portrait of Manuel María Gutiérrez at right. Printer`s name at lower centre, value in Roman numerals at lower corners. Circular commemorative overprint (150 años de Independencia). |
| Reverse description | Purple. Bank name at top, National Theatre of Costa Rica within decorative frame at centre, Roman numerals and large 500 within guilloches at left and right, value in word form and printer`s name at bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 Banco Central de Costa Rica
500
150 AÑOS DE INDEPENDENCIA 1821-1971
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
6 de mayo de 1969
ACUERDO DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA № 6
SERIE A 101120
500
QUINIENTOS COLONES
EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA
EL GERENTE DEL BANCO
MANUEL MARÍA GUTIÉRREZ
D D
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: 500 Central Bank of Costa Rica 500 150 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 1821-1971 San José, Costa Rica May 6, 1969 Agreement of the Board of Directors № 6 Series A 101120 500 Five hundred colones The Chairman of the Board of Directors The Bank Manager Manuel María Gutiérrez D D) |
| Reverse lettering | Banco Central de Costa Rica
D 500 D
D 500 D
TEATRO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
QUINIENTOS COLONES
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica D 500 D D 500 D National Theatre of Costa Rica Five hundred colones) |
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| Catalog ID | 2963236750 |
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