One Thousand Costa Rican Colones Banknote

Country: Costa Rica
Issuer: Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Issue year: 2019
Series: Series C, “Bosque Seco” / Dry Forest
Type: Horizontal note
Material: Polymer
Size: 125 × 67 mm
Signature: Rodrigo Cubero Brealey
Serial: C 0 4 4 9 2 0 4 7 4

The story

The front honours Braulio Carrillo Colina. He was born on 20 March 1800 in San Rafael de Oreamuno, Cartago, and trained as a lawyer. As head of state he authorised the issue of 30,000 pesos in vouchers of 5 and 10 pesos to pay public employees, which began the history of Costa Rican paper money. The back shows the tropical dry forest. This forest covers the lowlands (0–700 m) of Guanacaste and northern Puntarenas. With the rains it turns green and many seeds germinate. The deer and the Guanacaste tree are named in the BCCR’s note on the design.

Front

Engraved portrait of Braulio Carrillo Colina in a high-collared coat and bow tie, State of Costa Rica seal with a guilloche rosette and laurel wreath, green colour-shifting map of Costa Rica, signatures of the Bank President and General Manager (captioned PRESIDENTE and GERENTE), wavy transparent window with a ghost portrait, gear motifs, spiral indigenous-style patterns, orange star and leaf shapes, zigzag geometric background, text “COSTA RICA”, “ESTADO DE COSTA RICA” and “BRAULIO CARRILLO COLINA”.

Back

White-tailed deer stag (Venado cola blanca, Odocoileus virginianus), Guanacaste tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum), pitahaya cactus flowers (Hylocereus costaricensis), two scorpions, dry-forest landscape with distant hills, wavy transparent window with a ghost portrait and gear motifs, green leaf-shaped holographic patch, hexagon pattern background, text “BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA” and “BOSQUE SECO”.