5000 Colones

5000 Colones - obverse5000 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 5000 Colones
5000 CRC = USD 9.94
Currency Colon (1896-date)
Composition Polymer
Size 139 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Intaglio, screen printing, lithography
Number
N#
259226
References P# 282
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

Portrait of Alfredo González Flores with the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica building (San José) in the background.
Outline of Costa Rica in yellow color-changing ink at the left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5000

ACUERDO № 5
14 de setiembre de 2018
SERIE C
ALFREDO GONZÁLEZ FLORES
5 MIL COLONES

CINCO MIL COLONES   COSTA RICA

Translation:
Accord № 5
14 September 2018
Series C
Alfredo González Flores
5 Thousand Colones

Five Thousand Colones   Costa Rica

Reverse

Mangrove swamp, flowers, crab, monkey

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA   MANGLAR

Mangie colorado (Rhizophora mangle)
Mono casablanca (Cebus capucinus)
Cangrejo manera (Goniopsis pulchra)

5 MIL COLONES

Translation:
Central Bank of Costa Rica   Mangroves

Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
Casablanca monkey (Cebus capucinus)
Racer mangrove crab (Goniopsis pulchra)

5 Thousand Colones

Printer

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

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
2018-Sep-14  Photo 40 000 000 $ 14 Series C; serial number range 000 000 001​ - ​044 894 523

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5000 ColonesPicture 1 of a sold 5000 Colones
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 1122
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 UNC USD 14.05
(EUR 13.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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