5 Colones Series G

Features

Issuer	Costa Rica
Issuing entity	Banco National de Costa Rica
Period	First Republic (1848-1948)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1948
Value	5 Colones (5 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	156 × 67 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 551496
References	P# 209 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Bank name at top, portrait of Juan Mora Fernández at centre, denomination at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR
5 V

SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
3 de Marzo de 1948
ACUERDO DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO
№ 2
EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA GENERAL
EL GERENTE GENERAL DEL BANCO

5
CINCO COLONES
V V
AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY

Reverse

Bank name at top, vignette of the Santiago Apóstol Parish Ruins in Cartago at centre, denomination at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR

V 5
PUENTE DE LA GARITA
CINCO COLONES
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY

Printer

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

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1948-Mar-03											P# 209a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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