5000 Colones embedded security thread

€248,838.00

Issuer	Costa Rica
Year	1991-1996
Type	Standard banknote
Value	5000 Colones (5000 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	155 × 66 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Printer	De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London , United Kingdom (1821-date)Oberthur (Oberthur Fiduciaire; F. C. Oberthur), Rennes, France (1842-1983)
No. printed
Designer(s)
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In circulation to	31 December 2012
Reference(s)	P#260

Obverse description	Dark blue and dark brown on multicolor underprint. Ascending size serial number. Costa Rican indigenous art depicting a shaman. Microprinting. Embedded security thread at right
Reverse description	Toucan, jaguar, local carving, Costa Rican stone sphere, ferns
Signature(s)
Protection type	Watermark
Protection description	Toucan
Obverse lettering	CINCO MIL COLONES SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA (Translation: Five Thousand Colones Central Bank of Costa Rica)
Reverse lettering	CINCO MIL COLONES BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA (Translation: Five Thousand Colones Central Bank of Costa Rica)
Variants
Catalog ID	4773652900
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