100 Colones provisional overprint

Features

Issuer	Costa Rica
Issuing entity	Banco National de Costa Rica
Period	First Republic (1848-1948)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1937-1942
Value	100 Colones (100 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	185 × 84 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Overprinted
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 564459
References	P# 194 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Blue print; multicolour underprint. Bank name, serial numbers, date, and signatures with respective titles each overprinted in red.

Left vignette features a woman standing in the field holding a basket containing produce.

Number 100 decorates three corners, the top right corner has roman numeral C.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO
INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
BANCO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
DEPARTAMENTO EMISOR
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE
CIEN COLONES
EN MONEDA DE ORO ACUÑADA
Acuerdo No. 4
SAN JOSÉ, 4 de Febrero de 1942
EL MINISTRO DE HACIENDA
EL DIRECTOR
El Presidente,
El Gerente,
WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES.

Translation: National Bank of Costa Rica. Issuing department. International Bank of Costa Rica. The International Bank of Costa Rica will pay the bearer the amount of one hundred colones, in minted gold coin. Agreement no. 4. San Jose, February 4, 1942. The Finance Minister. The Director. The President. The Manager. Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London.

Reverse

Red print.
Ribbon on upper left with issuer name.
Main Post Office Building in San José, Costa Rica at right. Value at left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTA RICA 100
100
100 CIEN COLONES 100
WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES

Translation: International Bank of Costa Rica. One hundred colones. Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London.

Printer

Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)

Comments

This is an overprint of P#182

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Date	References
Undetermined
1937-Nov-07	P# 194a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature title: GERENTE at right
1939-Mar-29	P# 194a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature title: GERENTE at right
1940-Oct-30	P# 194a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature title: GERENTE at right
1941-Jul-09	P# 194b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature title: SUB-GERENTE at right
1942-Feb-04	P# 194a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Signature title: GERENTE at right

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