Features
Issuer | Costa Rica ![]() |
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Issuing bank | Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica) |
Period | Second Costa Rican Republic (1948-date) |
Type | Standard banknote |
Years | 1968-1992 |
Value | 5 Colones (5 CRC) |
Currency | Colon (1896-date) |
Composition | Paper |
Size | 155 × 67mm |
Shape | Rectangular |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 204555 |
References | P# 236
And 2 more volumes. |
Obverse
Green backprint with orange purple flower area.
Portrait of Rafael Iglesias Castro on the right, to the left the national flower of Costa Rica, the Orchid Easter orchid (SP: Guaria Morada) (LT: Guarianthe skinneri)
Script: Latin
Lettering: RAFAEL YGLESIAS CASTRO
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
SAN JOSÉ,
COSTA RICA
PRESIDENTE EJECUTIVO GERENTE
CINCO COLONES
Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica, Executive President Manager, Five Colones
Reverse
"The Allegory of the Coffee and Bananas", mural by Aleardo Villa, 1897
Script: Latin
Lettering: ALEGORÍA. TEATRO NACIONAL. J.VILLA 1897
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
CINCO COLONES
Translation: Central Bank of Costa Rica, Allegory. National Theatre, Five Colones
Watermark
Number "5" in stylized font.
© Mito0504 (CC BY-SA)
Printer
De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)Comments
Watermark and security thread on issues dated 1968-1976; no watermark or security thread on issues dated 1977-1992.
In all the issues, the name of the President is erroneously written as “Rafael Yglesias Castro”, when the correct would be “Rafael Iglesias Castro”. The confusion was caused because of the similitude of the capital “I” in cursive to the “Y”, but in the different archives the last name is written with the same initial as names who don't have a variation with “Y”, as “Ignacio". At the same time, the Costa Rican Civil Registry has registered the last name of the president as “Iglesias” in the birth certificate of the president's sons (as it was created years after its birth).
From 1972 and before, the painter's name was erroneously written as T. Villa. That was corrected in 1973, when it was written as J. Villa.
P#236x erroneous date:
See also
- Agriculture
- Politician
- Boat or watercraft
- Mustache
- Flower
- Trade
-
5 Colones (150 Años de Independencia)
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Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
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ND (1968) | 0.7% | Specimen, overprint MUESTRA | ||||||||||||
1968-Aug-20 | 0.3% | P#236a | ||||||||||||
1968-Dec-11 | 0.7% | P#236a | ||||||||||||
1969-Apr-01 | 0.8% | P#236b | ||||||||||||
1970-Jun-30 | 1.0% | P#236b | ||||||||||||
1972-May-08 | $ 7.30 | 1.7% | P#236b; "T. Villa" on back | |||||||||||
1973-May-04 | 1.7% | P#236c; "J. Villa" on back | ||||||||||||
1973-Oct-18 | 0.4% | P#236c; Signatures: Álvaro Sancho Castro / Álvaro Vargas Echeverría. Serials: D11000001 - D12200000 | ||||||||||||
1973-Oct-18 | 0.07% | P#236c; Signatures: Álvaro Sancho Castro / Claudio A. Volio Guardia. Serials: D11000001 - D12200000 | ||||||||||||
1974-Jun-12 | 0.3% | P#236c | ||||||||||||
1975 | $ 29 | 0.8% | P#247; Circular commemorative overprint (XXV Aniversario, Banco Central de Costa Rica, 1950-1975) | |||||||||||
1975-Jun-09 | 0.3% | P#236c | ||||||||||||
1975-Dec-02 | 0.15% | P#236c | ||||||||||||
1976-May-04 | 0% | P#236c; Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge / Álvaro Vargas Echeverría. Serials: D17500001 - D18500000 | ||||||||||||
1976-May-04 | 0.5% | P#236c; Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge / Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez. D18500001 - D20000000 | ||||||||||||
1977-Jun-28 | 0.7% | P#236d; Signatures: Bernal Jiménez Monge / Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez. Serials: D20000001 - D21000000 | ||||||||||||
1977-Jun-28 | 0.2% | P#236d; Signatures: Porfirio Morera Batres / Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez. Serials: D21000001 - D22500000 | ||||||||||||
1977-Oct-25 | 0.4% | P#236d; Signatures: Porfirio Morera Batres / Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez. | ||||||||||||
1978-Jan-30 | 0.6% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1978-Mar-13 | 0.7% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1978-Jun-01 | 1.2% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1979-Mar-22 | 0.8% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1979-Jun-04 | 0.5% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1979-Sep-25 | 0.4% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1979-Oct-18 | 0.3% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1980-Jan-28 | 0.4% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1980-Mar-18 | $ 0.98 | 1.7% | P#236d | |||||||||||
1981-Mar-12 | $ 2.30 | 8% | P#236d | |||||||||||
1981-May-14 | 1.2% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1982-Nov-04 | 0.9% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1983-Apr-07 | $ 1.60 | 10% | P#236d | |||||||||||
1983-Apr-07 | 1.1% | P#236x; Error date: 07.04.1933 (instead of 07.04.1983) | ||||||||||||
1983-Oct-02 | 0.07% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1984-Aug-28 | 1.6% | P#236d | ||||||||||||
1985-Oct-02 | $ 2.90 | 4% | P#236d | |||||||||||
1986-Apr-02 | $ 1.10 | 7% | P#236d | |||||||||||
1989-Oct-04 | ![]() | $ 1.60 | $ 1.60 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.20 | 38% | P#236d | |||||||
1990-Jan-24 | ![]() | $ 2.10 | $ 2.10 | 15% | P#236e | |||||||||
1991-Apr-03 | $ 2.60 | 3% | P#236e | |||||||||||
1992-Jan-15 | ![]() | $ 1.60 | $ 2.10 | 25% | P#236e |
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Past sales
Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price |
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| Katz Auction 107 Lot 2557 ![]() | 10 Jan 2024 | 1989-Oct-04 – P#236d | UNC | Unsold |
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| Katz Auction 93 Lot 2528 ![]() | 24 Aug 2023 | 1989-Oct-04 – P#236d | UNC | Unsold |
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| Katz Auction 89 Lot 1729 ![]() | 10 Jul 2023 | 1990-Jan-24 – P#236e | AU | Unsold |
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| Katz Auction 71 Lot 4457 ![]() | 30 Nov 2022 | 1990-Jan-24 – P#236e | AU | Unsold |
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| Katz Auction 89 Lot 1730 ![]() | 10 Jul 2023 | 1992-Jan-15 – P#236e | AU | USD 5.31 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| Katz Auction 71 Lot 4458 ![]() | 30 Nov 2022 | 1992-Jan-15 – P#236e | AU | Unsold |
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| Katz Auction 87 Lot 1173 ![]() | 21 Jun 2023 | Undetermined | AU | Unsold |
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