embedded security thread
Information:
| Reference | P#260 |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Period | Coln (1896-date) |
| Currency | Colones |
| Denomination | 5.000 Colones |
| Type | Circulation banknotes |
| Issuing bank | Central Bank of Costa Rica |
| Year | 1991-1996 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | Yes on 31.12.2012 |
| Size (WxH) | 155x66 mm |
Obverse:
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Latin
Obverse textCINCO MIL
COLONES
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
Obverse symbolDark blue and dark brown on multicolor underprint. Ascending size serial number. Costa Rican indigenous art depicting a shaman.
Microprinting. Embedded security thread at right
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Reverse:
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Latin
Reverse textCINCO
MIL
COLONES
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
Reverse symbolToucan, jaguar, local carving, Costa Rican stone sphere, ferns
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Varieties:
| Date | Variety | Iss. | Value | ||||||
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| VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
| 1991-Aug-28 | Series A. Signatures: Jorge Guardia Quirós & Carlos Hernández Rodríguez | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1992-Mar-11 | Series A. Signatures: Jorge Guardia Quirós & Carlos Hernández Rodríguez | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992-Jul-29 | Series A. Signatures: Jorge Guardia Quirós & Carlos Hernández Rodríguez | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994-Feb-02 | Series A | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994-May-04 | Series A. Signatures: Jorge Corrales Quesada & Carlos Muñoz Vega | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995-Jan-18 | Series A. Signatures: Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales & Carlos Muñoz Vega | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996-Mar-27 | Series B. Signatures: Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora & Carlos Muñoz Vega (released 1997) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996-Mar-27 | Series B. Specimen; overprint MUESTRA or MUESTRA SIN VALOR. | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||