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Costa Rica
 
    
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Republica de Costa Rica
Capital San Jose
Population (millions) 4.2
Area (sq km) 51,100
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 11,100

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 2nd (Tyvek®)
33rd (Guardian®)		 All varieties 9
Year of the first polymer issue 1983 (Tyvek®) Proof 3
Number of polymer issues 1 (Tyvek®)
1 (Guardian®)		 Specimen 4
Current status Polymer and paper Regular 2
New polymer issues expected? Yes Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Banco Central de Costa Rica (Español)
 

 

 

 
Presidente Ejecutivo Gerente
 

 

 

 

The beginning and the end of Tyvek® bank notes

 

See Promotional notes / ABNC—Costa Rica for more information on a promotional 100 Colones Tyvek® note.

 

Proof notes / Costa Rica
 

 

Bank notes for sale (additional offers)

 

 

Basic varieties of bank notes can be purchased further down this page from the bank notes' tables.

 

This table shows additional offers:

 

PIC REF. DESCRIPTION PRICE BUY
S1R1 P252. 20 Colones. 1983. Tyvek®.
Low serial number Z0000080 (from the first bundle). [P252]		 €475.00
S1R1 P252. 20 Colones. 1983. Tyvek®.
Low serial number Z0000238. [P252]		 €138.00
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Costa Rica S1 Colon 20  158x68 P252 ABNC Tyvek®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1P1  28 de junio de 1983 no data PROOF; early proof; without serial numbers; without signatures; handwritten "Passable" and correction circled at lower right €350.00 F  B
S1P2 none none PROOF; without serial numbers; without signatures; offset printing only €350.00 F  B
S1P3 none none PROOF; without serial numbers; without signatures €300.00 F  B
S1S1  28 de junio de 1983
'83		 no data SPECIMEN; serial number Z0000000; with 2 cancellation holes; with signatures €250.00 F  B
S1S2  28 de junio de 1983 no data SPECIMEN; serial number Z0000000; with 2 cancellation holes; with signatures; handwritten specimen number on front €250.00 F  B
S1S3 28 de junio de 1983 no data SPECIMEN; serial number Z0000000; with 2 cancellation holes; with signatures; handwritten specimen number on back €250.00 F  B
S1R1 28 de junio de 1983 no data serial number prefix Z [P252] €88.00
 F  B
 

 

Issued in 1983. All notes carry a Z prefix. 1 million notes were issued.

  

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Costa Rica S2 Colon 1,000  125x67 P-new OT Guardian®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S2S1 2 de setiembre de 2009 no data SPECIMEN no data F  B
S2R1 2 de setiembre de 2009 no data   €3.50
 F  B
 

 

Issued in 2011. 40 million notes were printed. A leaflet describing the new bank note.