Costa Rica P-239 / 50 Colones 1974 – UNC

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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)