5 Colones XXV Anniversario BCCR
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 | 1975 |
| Value | 5 Colones 5 CRC = USD 0.011 |
| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
| Composition | Paper (Security thread) |
| Size | 155 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | (Overprint) |
| Number | N# 455738 |
| References | P# 247 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
25th Anniversary of Banco Central de Costa Rica
Obverse
Green underprint with orange-purple flower area. Portrait of President Rafael Iglesias Castro at the left. Centre panel features the national flower of Costa Rica, the Blazing Purple Guaria Morada Orchid (Guarianthe skinneri), with date above and signatures below. Circular commemorative overprint at right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
ACUERDO DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA № 5
XXV ANIVERSARIO BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
1950
1975
RAFAEL YGLESIAS CASTRO
EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA
EL GERENTE DEL BANCO
CINCO COLONES
Translation:
Central Bank of Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Board of Directors Agreement No. 5
25th Anniversary of the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
Rafael Yglesias Castro
The President of the Board of Directors
The Manager of the Bank
Five Colones
Reverse
"The Allegory of the Coffee and Bananas", mural by Aleardo Villa, 1897
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
ALEGORÍA. TEATRO NACIONAL. J.VILLA 1897
CINCO COLONES
Translation:
Central Bank of Costa Rica.
Allegory. National Theatre, J.VILLA 1897.
Five Colones.
Watermark
Number "5" in stylized font.
Printer
De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)Comments
Embedded security thread running from top to bottom is located to the right of the portrait depicted on the banknote face.
The name of the former president depicted on the banknote is erroneously written as “Rafael Yglesias Castro”, whereas the correct would be “Rafael Iglesias Castro”. The was a result of confusion caused by the similitude of cursive capital letters “I” and “Y”. In different archives the last name is written with the same initial as names who don't have a variation with “Y”, as “Ignacio". At the same time, the Costa Rican Civil Registry has registered the last name of the president as “Iglesias” in the birth certificate of the president's sons (as it was created years after its birth).
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1975-Mar-20 | 1 000 000 | $ 29 | P# 247Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
D6500001 → D7500000 (Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge & Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) | |||||||||||
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