Commemorative banknotes of Costa Rica

In 1971, to celebrate the 150 years of the independence of Costa Rica, the Central Bank issued a limited number of banknotes printed by Thomas de la Rue, London, with an overprint seal which reads “150 AÑOS DE INDEPENDENCIA 1821–1971”. • Image — Denomination — Serie — Issue date — Serial number — Agreement — Signature - Presidente de la Junta Directiva — Signature - Gerente del Banco — Ref • — 5 Colones — D — 24 May 1971 — 6500001 – 7500000 — #16 — Hernán Garrón Salazar — Claudio A. Volio Guardia • — 10 Colones — C — 4500001 – 5000000 — #16 • — 50 Colones — B — 2450001 – 3000000 — #16 • — 100 Colones — D — 1100001 – 1700000 • — 500 Colones — A — 140001 – 170000 • — 1,000 Colones — 210001 – 270000

In 1975, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Central Bank issued a 5 Colones D series note, printed by Thomas de la Rue, London, with an overprint seal which reads “XXV ANIVERSARIO BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA 1950–1975”. • Image — Denomination — Serie — Issue date — Serial number — Agreement — Signature - Presidente de la Junta Directiva — Signature - Gerente del Banco — Ref • — 5 Colones — D — 20 March 1975 — 6500001 – 7500000 — #5 — Bernal Jiménez Monge — Alvaro Vargas Echeverría

In 1978, on the occasion of the centennial of Banco de Costa Rica, the Central Bank put on circulation a limited number of banknotes printed by Thomas de La Rue, London, with a commemorative inscription on the reverse which reads “1877–CENTENARIO BANCO DE COSTA RICA–1977”, eliminated in the next series. This note continued to be issued by the Central Bank until 1986. • Image — Denomination — Serie — Issue date — Serial number — Agreement — Signature - Presidente Ejecutivo — Signature - Gerente del Banco — Ref • — 50 Colones — D — 30 October 1978 — #9 — Rolando Ramírez Paniagua — Rigoberto Navarro Meléndez • 30 April 1979 — #7 • 18 March 1980 — #14 • 2 April 1981 — #21 • 18 May 1982 — #1 — Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales • 28 August 1984 — #4 — Marco Antonio López Agüero — Olivier Castro Pérez • 22 November 1984 — #2 — Porfirio Morera Batres • 20 March 1985 — #4 — Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora • 2 April 1986 — #3 — Eduardo Lizano Faith — Rodrigo Bolaños Zamora

In 2000, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Central Bank issued a limited number of banknotes printed by Thomas de la Rue, London, with an overprint seal which reads “50 BCCR ANIVERSARIO”. • Image — Denomination — Serie — Issue date — Serial number — Agreement — Signature - Presidente Ejecutivo — Signature - Gerente del Banco — Ref • — 500 Colones — D* — 6 July 1994 — 02001001 – 02011000 — #19 — Carlos Manuel Castillo — Carlos Muñoz • — 1,000 Colones — 23 September 1998 — 023955001 – 023965000 — #15 — Eduardo Lizano Faith — José Rafael Brenes • — 2,000 Colones — A* — 30 July 1997 — 04825001 – 04835000 — #13 — Rodrigo Bolaños — Carlos Muñoz • — 5,000 Colones — C* — 24 February 1999 — 031001 – 041000 — Eduardo Lizano Faith — José Rafael Brenes • — 10,000 Colones — A* — 30 July 1997 — 4830001 – 4840000 — Rodrigo Bolaños — Carlos Muñoz Note: Every banknote of this serie (*) kept the agreement number and the signatures of the original issues. The only change was the commemorative seal.