20 Colones
Features
| Issuer |
Costa Rica
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica) |
| Period |
Second Republic (1948-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1950-1951 |
| Value | 20 Colones (20 CRC) |
| Currency | Colón (1896-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 575631 |
| References | P# 217 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Olive print; multicolour underprint. Red serial number. Blue overprinted bank name and date.
Front-facing bust of Gregorio José Ramírez at right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
20
BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
SERIE PROVISIONAL
ACUERDO DE CONSEJO DIRECTIVO No. 5
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
8 de noviembre de 1950
VEINTE COLONES
EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA GENERAL
EL GERENTE GENERAL DEL BANCO
XX
GREGORIO JOSÉ RAMIREZ
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
Translation: National Bank of Costa Rica. Issuing department. Central Bank of Costa Rica. Provisional issue. Board of Directors agreement no. 5. San Jose, Costa Rica, November 8, 1950. Twenty colones. The Chairman of the General Board of Directors. The General Manager of the Bank.
Reverse
Red print.
Aerial view of Poas volcano at centre.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
20
BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR
VOLCÁN POÁS
VEINTE COLONES
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
Translation: National Bank of Costa Rica. Issuing department. Poas volcano. Twenty colones.
Printer
American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1950-Nov-08 | |||||||||||||||
| 1951-Mar-07 | |||||||||||||||
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