Costa Rica 500 Colones 1970-Apr-07

Series A

110001 → 130000 (Signatures: Juan Rafael Arias Trejos & Omar Dengo Obregón)

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Costa Rica 500 Colones, 1951-1977 P-225 obverse
Costa Rica 500 Colones, 1951-1977 P-225 reverse

Information:

Rarity C - Scarce
Date Variety Iss. VG F VF XF AU UNC
1970-Apr-07 110001 → 130000 (Signatures: Juan Rafael Arias Trejos & Omar Dengo Obregón) + - - - - - -
Reference P#225b
Country Costa Rica
Period Coln (1896-date)
Issuing bank Central Bank of Costa Rica
Currency Colones
Denomination 500 Colones
Type Circulation banknotes
Year 1951-1977
Shape Rectangular
Composition Paper
Demonetized Yes
Size (WxH) 157x66 mm

Obverse:

Costa Rica 500 Colones, 1951-1977 P-225

Obverse text

500 Banco Central de Costa Rica 500 101120 SERIE A SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA 6 de mayo de 1969 ACUERDO DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA № 6 SERIE A 101120 500 QUINIENTOS COLONES EL PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA EL GERENTE DEL BANCO MANUEL MARÍA GUTIÉRREZ D D AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Obverse symbol

Purple on multicolour underprint. Bank name and serial number at top. Two signatures and value in numeral and word form at left-centre. Portrait of Manuel María Gutiérrez at right. Printer's name at lower centre. Value in Roman numerals at lower corners.

Reverse:

Image 1

Reverse text

Banco Central de Costa Rica D 500 D D 500 D TEATRO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA QUINIENTOS COLONES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Reverse symbol

Purple. Bank name at top. National Theatre of Costa Rica within decorative frame at centre. Roman numerals and large 500 within guilloches at left and right. Value in word form and printer's name at bottom.

Varieties:

Date Variety Iss. Value
VG F VF XF AU UNC
1951-Oct-10 000001 → 010000 (Signatures: Jaime Solera Bennett & Ángel Coronas Guardia) 10k - - - - - -
1951-Dec-12 010001 → 020000 (Signatures: Jaime Solera Bennett & Ángel Coronas Guardia) 10k - - - - - -
ND (1951-1977) Specimen, red overprint "MUESTRA", no date or signatures + - - - - - -
1952-Jan-30 020001 → 030000 (Signatures: Rodrigo Facio Brenes & Mario Fernández Pacheco) 10k - - - - - -
1952-Jun-11 030001 → 040000 (Signatures: Jaime Solera Bennett & Ángel Coronas Guardia) 10k - - - - - -
1958-Mar-26 040001 → 050000 (Signatures: Rodolfo Lara Iraeta & Álvaro Castro Jenkins) 10k - - - - - -
1959-Oct-06 050001 → 060000 (Signatures: Manuel Jiménez de la Guardia & Álvaro Castro Jenkins) 10k - - - - - -
1964-Sep-09 060001 → 070000 (Signatures: Carlos M. Escalante Durán & Álvaro Castro Jenkins) 10k - - - - - -
1965-Jun-09 070001 → 080000 (Signatures: Rodolfo Lara Iraeta & Álvaro Castro Jenkins) 10k - - - - - -
1967-Oct-09 080001 → 090000 (Signatures: Rodolfo Lara Iraeta & Omar Dengo Obregón) 10k - - - - - -
1969-May-06 090001 → 110000 (Signatures: Jaime Solera Bennett & Omar Dengo Obregón) 20k - - - - - -
1970-Apr-07 110001 → 130000 (Signatures: Juan Rafael Arias Trejos & Omar Dengo Obregón) 20k - - - - - -
1970-Jun-30 130001 → 140000 (Signatures: Juan Rafael Arias Trejos & Omar Dengo Obregón) 10k - - - - - -
1972-Sep-06 170001 → 180000 (Signatures: Claudio Alpízar Vargas & Claudio A. Volio Guardia) 10k - - - - - -
1973-Apr-02 180001 → 220000 (Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge & Claudio A. Volio Guardia) 40k - - - - - -
1973-Oct-18 220001 → 240000 (Signatures: Álvaro Sancho Castro & Claudio A. Volio Guardia) 20k - - - - - -
1974-Jun-12 240001 → 260000 (Signatures: Claudio Alpízar Vargas & Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) 20k - - - - - -
1975-Jun-09 260001 → 280000 (Signatures: Porfirio Morera Batres & Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) 20k - - - - - -
1975-Dec-02 280001 → 300000 (Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge & Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) 20k - - - - - -
1976-May-04 300001 → 400000 (Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge & Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez) 100k - - - - - -
1977-Apr-26 400001 → 500000 (Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge & Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez) 100k - - - - - -