5000 Colones

Features

Issuer	Costa Rica
Bank emisyjny	Banco Central de Costa Rica
Period	Second Republic (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2009-2012
Value	5000 Colones 5000 CRC = USD 11
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	139 × 67 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Number	N# 205020
References	P# 276 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Żółty poddruk z fioletową ilustracją.
Portret Alfredo Gonzáleza Floresa po lewej stronie. Budynek Banco Internacional de Costa Rica (San José) w centrum. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
5 MIL COLONES
COSTA RICA
5000

Reverse

Bagno namorzynowe, kwiaty, krab, małpa Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
MANGLAR
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
5 MIL COLONES

Watermark

Portret Alfredo Gonzáleza Automatically translated

Printer

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

Comments

Aktywność UV:

Nić zabezpieczająca ma wielokolorowy odcień i zmienia kolory między brązowym a złotym w zależności od kąta trzymania banknotu:

Mapa Kostaryki w prawym górnym rogu awersu jest również wydrukowana farbą zmieniającą kolor - zmienia kolory między fioletem a magentą:

Żółty opalizujący pasek na rewersie - wzory:

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

UV activity:

The security thread has a multicolour tone and switches colours between brown and gold depending on which angle the note is held at:

The map of Costa Rica in the top-centre-right of the obverse side is also printed in colour-shifting ink - switches colours between purple and magenta:

Yellow iridescent stripe on reverse side - patterns:

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Date	No. printed	VF	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2009-Sep-02	19 300 000	$ 10	$ 20	P# 276a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Series A. Signatures: Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez Gutiérrez & Roy González Rojas (000 000 001 → 021 250 000)	54%
2012-Sep-19	19 833 592		$ 19	P# 276b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Series B. Signatures: Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora & Félix Delgado Quesada (000 000 001 → 020 841 295)	48%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 185 Lot 658	24 Feb 2026	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 163 Lot 1131	15 Jul 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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