£28.50
Description
Issued by | Banco Central de Costa Rica |
Issue | 1968-1992 Issue. 12.06.1974 |
Size | 156 x 67 mm |
Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (England) – TDLR |
Obverse | Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro; political meeting |
Reverse | Casa Amarilla (Yellow House) |
Comment | Yellow house (La casa amarilla) is the name given to the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro was was a historian, academic and above all a distinguished diplomat The ceiba tree (Ceiba pentandra) on the obverse was planted in 1963 on the occasion of the meeting of Central American presidents attended by J.F. Kennedy (US President) |