25 Colones

Features

Issuer	Costa Rica
Issuing entity	Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Period	First Republic (1848-1948)
Type	Banknotes
Year	1897
Value	25 Colones (25 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Paper
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 579132
References	P# 133 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Black print; blue and yellow underprint. Red serial number.

Head of Christopher Columbus facing right at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
25
REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
LAY DE 5 NOVIEMBRE 1896.
CERTIFICAMOS QUE ESTAN DEOSITADOS EN EL
Banco de Costa Rica
ADMINISTRADOR DE RENTAS PUBLICAS
VEINTICINCO COLONES ORO
QUE SE PÁGÁRAN
AL PORTADOR
EL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE
1900, Ó ANTES SI EL
GOBIERNO LO DISPONE.
CERTIFICADO DE ORO
EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA
EL DIRECTOR DE BANCO Y ADMINISTRADOR DE RENTAS
VEINTICINCO COLONES
SAN JOSÉ, ENERO 1, 1897.
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK.

Translation: Republic of Costa Rica. Law of November 5, 1896. We certify that there are deposited in the Bank of Costa Rica, Administrator of Public Revenues, twenty-five gold colones, which will be paid to the bearer on December 31, 1900, or sooner if the government so decides. Gold certificate. The Secretary of the Treasury. The Bank Director and Revenue Administrator. Twenty-five colones. San José, January 1, 1897

Reverse

Blue print. Handstamped.

Coat of arms of Costa Rica at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
25
VEINTICINCO COLONES
REPÚBLICA DE COSTA RICA
AMÉRICA CENTRAL
SE RECIBE EN LAS ADMINISTRACIONES DE LAS RENTAS PÚBLICAS
EN PAGO DE DEUDAS, IMPUESTOS Y CONTRIBUCIONES FISCALES
MIENTRAS ESTE CERTIFICADO NO SEA PAGADO EN ORO LO CAMBIARÁ A SU PRESENTACIÓN EL BANCO DE COSTA RICA POR MONEDA NACIONAL DE PLATA.
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK.

Translation: Twenty-five colones. Republic of Costa Rica. Central America. It is received at the administrations of public revenues in payment of debts, taxes and fiscal contributions. As long as this certificate is not paid in gold, upon presentation, the Bank of Costa Rica will exchange it for national silver currency.

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)

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Date			No. printed		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1897-Jan-01			20 000

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