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five colones
This specimen was lot 30176 in Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "COSTA RICA. Banco Nacional de Costa Rica. 5 Colones, 1941. P-204. Uncirculated. Printed by ABNC. A multicolored design featuring intricate lathe work. Juan Mora Fernandez pictured at center. Good centering, and excellent detail throughout."
twenty colones
This specimen was lot 7235 in Ponterio sale 154 (Baltimore, June 2010), where it sold for $708. The catalog description[1] noted, "COSTA RICA. 20 Colones, 12.1.1944. P-202c. A highly scarce denomination which is always sought after. This note shows the last date for the catalog number and is seen in a pleasing problem free circulated grade."
fifty colones
This specimen was lot 2436 in Ponterio sale 158 (New York, January 2011), where it sold for $1,888. The catalog description[1] noted, "COSTA RICA. Banco Nacional De Costa Rica. 50 Colones, 1.12.1942. P-207b. A rare note in Uncirculated grades and this piece is just that. Pack fresh with deeply embossed paper, a vibrant impression and lovely technical quality. Centering alone prevents a Gem assessment."
one hundred colones
This specimen was lot 11126 in Ponterio sale 159 (Baltimore, March 2011), where it sold for $324.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "COSTA RICA. Banco Nacional De Costa Rica. 100 Colones, 21.12.1949. P-212a. A scarce highest denomination note which shows with the Sub-Gerente overprint at lower right. Evenly circulated and pressed."
- Ponterio, Richard, Kent Ponterio, Stewart Westdal and Ken Spindler, Ponterio sale 145: the N.Y.I.N.C. '08 sale featuring the Leslie Hannula Collection, San Diego, CA: Ponterio & Associates, 2007.
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