20 000 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	20 000 Colones (20 000 CRC)
Currency	Colón (1896-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	153 × 67 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Demonetized	31 January 2022
Number	N# 205032
References	P# 278 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Pomarańczowy i wielokolorowy. Maria Isabel Carvajal (pseudonim Carmen Lyra), zarys Kostaryki, królik głaszczący kojota - z "Cuentos De Mi Tía Panchita" (Opowieści mojej ciotki Panchity) Lyry. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
20000 Costa Rica

María Isabel Carvajal
Carmen Lyra

Reverse

Pomarańczowy i wielokolorowy. Koliber Chispita (Selasphorus flammula) w prawym centrum, górski krajobraz (paramo), "papelillo" (Senecio oerstedianus), kwiat papelillo. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
20 mil colones
Banco Central de Costa Rica

Watermark

Portret Marii Isabel Carvajal (Carmen Lyra) Automatically translated

Signatures

Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez (FPG)	President of the Central Bank
Roy González Rojas (RGR)	Director of the Central Bank

Printer

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

Comments

Aktywność UV:

Funkcja holograficzna - kształty kół zębatych poruszają się po nitce zabezpieczającej, gdy banknot jest przechylany:

Mapa Kostaryki w prawym górnym rogu awersu jest również wydrukowana atramentem zmieniającym kolor - przełącza kolory między fioletowym a magentą:

Żółty opalizujący pasek na rewersie - ptaki:

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

UV activity:

Holographic feature - gear shapes move around the security thread when the note is tilted:

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 - birds:

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Date	Signatures	No. printed	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2009-Sep-02	FPG, RGR	18 064 523	$ 57	P# 278a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Series A. (000 000 001 → 031 900 000)	51%
2009-Sep-02				P# 278as Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Series A. Specimen (A 000000000)	1.3%
2012-Sep-19		19 080 000		P# 278b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Series A. Signatures: Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora & Félix Delgado Quesada (031 900 001 → 053 691 250)	51%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Auction 102 Lot 2647	28 Nov 2023	2009-Sep-02 FPG, RGR – P# 278a – (en) Series A. (000 000 001 → 031 900 000)	UNC (PMG EPQ65)	USD 72.65 (EUR 63.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 81 Lot 940	29 Apr 2023	2009-Sep-02 FPG, RGR – P# 278a – (en) Series A. (000 000 001 → 031 900 000)	UNC (PMG EPQ65)	USD 29.98 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 68 Lot 2572	8 Oct 2022	2009-Sep-02 FPG, RGR – P# 278a – (en) Series A. (000 000 001 → 031 900 000)	UNC (PMG EPQ65)	USD 59.97 (EUR 52.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 87 Lot 1174	21 Jun 2023	2009-Sep-02 FPG, RGR – P# 278a – (en) Series A. (000 000 001 → 031 900 000)	UNC (PMG EPQ65)	USD 58.82 (EUR 51.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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