20 000 Colones

20 000 Colones - obverse20 000 Colones - reverse

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Features

Issuer Costa Rica
Issuing bank Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Period Second Costa Rican Republic (1948-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 2018
Value 20 000 Colones
20 000 CRC = USD 40
Currency Colon (1896-date)
Composition Polymer
Size 153 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
254190
References P# 284
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Orange and multicolor. Maria Isabel Carvajal (alias Carmen Lyra), outline of Costa Rica, rabbit stroking a coyote - from Lyra's "Cuentos De Mi Tía Panchita" (Tales of My Aunt Panchita)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20000

ACUERDO № 5
14 de setiembre de 2019
SERIE B
MARÍA ISABEL CARVAJAL (CARMEN LYRA)
20 MIL COLONES

VIENTE MIL COLONES   COSTA RICA

Translation:
Accord № 5
14 September 2019
Series B
María Isabel Carvajal (Carmen Lyra)
20 Thousand Colones

Twenty Thousand Colones   Costa Rica

Reverse

Orange tint. Mountainous landscape (paramo) in background, with Chispita hummingbird at left center, rabbits and papelillo flower, and papelillo plant at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA   PÁRAMO

Hierba o papelillo (Senecio oerstedianus)
Colibri chispita volcanera (Selasphorus flammula)
Flor del papelillo

20 MIL COLONES

Translation:
Central Bank of Costa Rica   Paramo

Papelillo plant (Senecio oerstedianus)
Chispita hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)
Papelillo flower

20 Thousand Colones

Printer

Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date)

Comments

First put into circulation on November 26, 2020. Dated September 14, 2018 per date of banknote issue agreement.

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
2018-Sep-14  40 000 000 $ 58 Series B

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