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50 Colones 150 Años de Independencia

50 Colones (150 Años de Independencia) - obverse50 Colones (150 Años de Independencia) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Costa Rica
Issuing bank Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Period Second Republic (1948-date)
Type Circulating commemorative banknotes
Year 1971
Value 50 Colones
50 CRC = USD 0.11
Currency Colón (1896-date)
Composition Paper (Security thread)
Size 167 × 156 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Overprinted
Number
N#
396877
References P# 243
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Commemorative issue

150th Anniversary of Independence (1821-1971)

Obverse

Brown. Ricardo Fernández Guardia at center. Series B. Circular commemorative overprint (150 años de Independencia).

Lettering:
50 50
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
150 AÑOS DE INDEPENDENCIA 1821-1971

50 50
San José Acuerdo de la
Costa Rica Junta Directiva

CINCUENTA COLONES
50 50

Translation:
50 50
CENTRAL BANK OF COSTA RICA
150 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 1821-1971

50 50
San José Agreement of the Board
Costa Rica of Directors

FIFTY COLONES
50 50

Reverse

View of the old national library building in San José at center

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50 50
CENTRAL BANK OF COSTA RICA

Biblioteca Nacional
Cincuenta COLONES

Translation:
50 50
Central Bank of Costa Rica

National Library
Fifty Colones

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1971-May-24  50 000 P# 243
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
B2450001 → B3000000 (Signatures: Hernán Garrón Salazar & Claudio Antonio Volio Guardia)

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