20.8.1968 20 de agosto de 1968 Sig 27: Solera/Dengo Solid security thread Wmk: BCCR CINCO 5 pattern Error in painter’s name back: T VILLA Date center 7-digit s/n Series D 5 colones Values

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20.8.1968 20 de agosto de 1968 Sig 27: Solera/Dengo Solid security thread Wmk: BCCR CINCO 5 pattern Error in painter’s name back: T VILLA Date center 7-digit s/n Series D 5 colones Values

Details

Obverse: Spanish text; President Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro; Guarianthe skinneri orchids (national flower)

Reverse: Spanish text; coffee and bananas being laden on ships at dock, from Aleardo Villa’s 1897 painting in the National Theater (Teatro Nacional)

Basic Information

GSID:

95748

Coin Date:

20.8.1968

Denomination:

5 colones

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

20 de agosto de 1968 Sig 27: Solera/Dengo Solid security thread Wmk: BCCR CINCO 5 pattern Error in painter’s name back: T VILLA Date center 7-digit s/n Series D

Design Details

Note Color:

Olive green, purple, orange, red, brown, and blue

Note Dimension:

156 x 67 mm

Printer:

THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED

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