Costa Rica

 
DB_Key
Catalog#
DenominationDescriptionObverseReverse
GPPP
101a
1 Peso2.1.1865 W/out stampings.  
GPPR
101b
1 Peso2.1.1865 EMISION DE GUERRA… on back.  
GPPS
111
1 Peso4.4.1877  
GPPT
102a
2 Pesos27.3.1871  
GPRB
102b
2 Pesos27.3.1871 With stampings as #101b.  
GPRD
103
5 Pesos2.1.1865 Sailing boat at right.  
GPRF
103A
5 Pesos2.1.1865 (1883) Portrait at right.  
GPRG
120a
5 Pesos5.5.1884-1.5.1885  
GPRH
120s
5 PesosSpecimen.  
GPRJ
104
10 Pesos2.1.1865 Vignette at right.  
GPRM
104A
10 Pesos2.1.1865 Portrait at right.  
GPRN
121a
10 Pesos4.5.1884-1.5.1885 Cancellation stamp.  
GPRP
121b
10 PesosPunch holed cancelled.  
GPRR
121p
10 PesosW/out stamp.  
GPRS
105
25 Pesos2.1.1865 Oxen and cart at right.  
GPRT
122a
25 Pesos20.3.1885-9.10.1885  
GPSB
122p1
25 PesosBrown underprint. Uniface proof.  
GPSD
122p2
25 PesosBlue underprint. Uniface proof.  
GPSF
106
50 Pesos2.1.1865 Woman at right.  
GPSG
107
50 Pesos2.1.1865 Building at right.  
GPSH
123a
50 Pesos20.3.1885-14.11.1888 Cancellation stamp.  
GPSJ
123b
50 PesosPunch holed cancelled.  
GPSM
123p
50 PesosW/out stamp.  
GPSN
124a
100 Pesos20.3.1885-14.11.1888  
GPSP
124s
100 PesosSpecimen.  
GPSR
156a
25 Centimos9.10.1918-25.7.1919
GPSS
156s
25 CentimosSpecimen.  
GPST
147a
50 Centimos11.10.1917-21.11.1921 Black on olive.
GPTB
147s
50 CentimosSpecimen.  
GPTD
157a
50 Centimos18.1.1918-24.10.1921 Black on brown.  
GPTF
157s
50 CentimosSpecimen.  
GPTG
165
50 Centimos12.4.1935  
GPTH
173a
50 Centimos21.6.1935; 21.7.1935; 1.8.1935  
GPTJ
173s
50 CentimosSpecimen.  
GPTM
141
1 Colon1.11.1902; 5.11.1902; 1.10.1903  
GPTN
142a
1 Colon1.10.1905; 1.7.1906; 1.11.1906
GPTP
142s
1 ColonSpecimen.  
GPTR
143a
1 Colon23.5.1910-1.10.1914 4 dates.  
GPTS
143s
1 ColonSpecimen.  
GPTT
148
1 Colon22.9.1917-3.7.1918 5 dates. Portrait at left.  
GPVB
158a
1 Colon18.1.1918; 9.10.1918; 21.10.1918 Seated woman at center.  
GPVD
158b
1 Colon17.11.1922; 18.4.1923  
GPVF
158c
1 Colon27.9.1929; 12.4.1935-9.10.1935  
GPVG
158s
1 ColonSpecimen.
GPVH
166a
1 Colon9.10.1935 Like #158 but green.  
GPVJ
166s
1 ColonSpecimen.  
GPVM
190
1 Colon23.6.1943
GPVN
144a
2 Colones1.11.1902-1.10.1905 4 dates. Stamping on back.  
GPVP
144s
2 ColonesSpecimen.  
GPVR
145
2 Colones1.10.1905; 1.7.1906 W/out stamping.  
GPVS
146a
2 Colones1.11.1910; 1.12.1912; 1.10.1914  
GPVT
146s
2 ColonesSpecimen.  
GPWB
149a
2 ColonesLike #146 but different sig. titles.  
GPWD
149s
2 ColonesSpecimen.  
GPWF
159a
2 Colones16.1.1918; 28.6.1919 Reclining woman at center.  
GPWG
159b
2 Colones24.5.1923-8.7.1931  
GPWH
159s
2 ColonesSpecimen.  
GPWJ
151
2 Colones19.6.1918-22.12.1919 Portrait at left.  
GPWM
152
2 Colones11.8.1920  
GPWN
184a
2 Colones18.7.1924-5.2.1929  
GPWP
184s
2 ColonesSpecimen.
GPWR
167
2 Colones10.12.1931-31.10.1936  
GPWS
195a
2 Colones4.1.1937-3.11.1937  
GPWT
195b
2 Colones22.6.1938  
GPYB
195c
2 Colones2.3.1938  
GPYD
196
2 Colones15.2.1939  
GPYF
197a
2 Colones7.2.1940  
GPYG
197b
2 Colones9.5.1940  
GPYH
201a
2 Colones5.2.1941-16.2.1944 Portrait: Juan V. de Coronado.
GPYJ
201b
2 Colones18.6.1941-15.7.1942 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.
GPYM
201c
2 Colones10.12.1942; 18.11.1942 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GPYN
201d
2 Colones28.2.1945 Both sig. titles overprint.  
GPYP
203a
2 Colones18.9.1946-14.12.1949 Both sig. titles overprint.
GPYR
203b
2 Colones23.4.1947-7.12.1949 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRBB
203c
2 Colones28.1.1948 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRBD
203s
2 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRBF
235
2 Colones5.12.1967
GRBG
131
5 Colones1.1.1897  
GRBH
160a
5 Colones1.11.1914  
GRBJ
160s
5 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRBM
168a
5 Colones1.12.1916  
GRBN
168s
5 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRBP
171
5 Colones9.10.1918 New date overstamp on #168.  
GRBR
174a
5 Colones4.1.1919; 28.6.1919 Woman standing at left.  
GRBS
174b
5 Colones17.7.1925-22.12.1930  
GRBT
185a
5 Colones4.11.1925-12.12.1928 Woman seated at right.  
GRDB
185s
5 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRDD
180a
5 Colones8.7.1931-31.10.1936
GRDF
180b
5 Colones27.8.1936 Overprint title: EL SUBDIRECTOR.  
GRDG
189a
5 Colones5.2.1929 Workers and train.  
GRDH
189s
5 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRDJ
198a
5 Colones10.3.1937-2.3.1938  
GRDM
198b
5 Colones22.6.1938  
GRDN
204
5 Colones5.7.1939-28.10.1942
GRDP
209a
5 Colones3.3.1943; 28.1.1948; 3.3.1948 W/out title overprint.
GRDR
209b
5 Colones28.2.1945; 14.12.1949 Both sig. titles overprint.  
GRDS
209c
5 Colones16.10.1946-14.12.1949 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRDT
209s
5 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRFB
215a
5 Colones20.7.1950; 5.10.1950; 6.12.1950 W/out sig. title changes.  
GRFD
215b
5 Colones8.8.1951 With POR added to sig. title.  
GRFF
215c
5 Colones5.9.1951 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRFG
220a
5 Colones20.11.1952 With POR added to sig. title.  
GRFH
220b
5 Colones2.7.1952-6.8.1958 W/out sig. title changes.  
GRFJ
220c
5 Colones11.7.1956 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRFM
220d
5 Colones12.9.1951; 26.5.1954 With POR added to sig. title.  
GRFN
220s
5 ColonesSpecimen. Punch hole cancelled.  
GRFP
227
5 Colones29.10.1958-8.11.1962
GRFR
228a
5 Colones3.10.1963-29.5.1967
GRFS
228s
5 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRFT
236a
5 Colones20.8.1968; 11.12.1968  
GRGB
236b
5 Colones1.4.1969-8.5.1972
GRGD
236c
5 Colones4.5.1973-4.5.1976  
GRGF
236d
5 Colones28.6.1977-4.10.1989
GRGG
236e
5 Colones24.1.1990-15.1.1992
GRGH
236s
5 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GRGJ
236x
5 ColonesAs d but with error date 7.4.1933.  
GRGM
241
5 Colones24.5.1971 Commemorative issue. Overprint on #236b.
GRGN
247
5 Colones20.3.1975 Commemorative issue. Overprint on #236b.
GRGP
132
10 Colones1.1.1897  
GRGR
161a
10 Colones1.11.1914  
GRGS
161s
10 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRGT
169a
10 Colones1.12.1916; 9.10.1918  
GRHB
169s
10 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRHD
172
10 Colones9.10.1918 New date overstamp on #169.  
GRHF
175a
10 Colones4.1.1919 Coffee bean pickers at center.  
GRHG
175b
10 Colones13.9.1927-20.1.1932 Blue.  
GRHH
175s
10 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRHJ
186a
10 Colones15.7.1924; 6.1.1925; 27.12.1927 Two women at left.  
GRHM
186s
10 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRHN
189B
10 Colones5.2.1929 Workers in field.  
GRHP
179
10 Colones7.11.1931 Red.  
GRHR
181
10 Colones20.1.1932; 3.12.1935-17.12.1936 Black.  
GRHS
191
10 Colones10.3.1937  
GRHT
199
10 Colones11.8.1937; 3.11.1937; 2.3.1938  
GRJB
205a
10 Colones8.9.1939-26.3.1941 W/out title overprint.  
GRJD
205b
10 Colones10.9.1941 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.
GRJF
210a
10 Colones28.10.1942-3.3.1948 W/out title overprint.  
GRJG
210b
10 Colones16.10.1946-30.11.1949 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.
GRJH
210c
10 Colones14.12.1949 With both title overprints.  
GRJJ
210s
10 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRJM
216a
10 Colones3.4.1950; 8.8.1951 W/out sig. title changes.  
GRJN
216b
10 Colones20.10.1950 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRJP
221a
10 Colones24.10.1951-29.10.1952 With POR added to sig. title.  
GRJR
221b
10 Colones28.11.1951 With POR added to both sig. titles.  
GRJS
221c
10 Colones2.7.1952-27.6.1962 W/out POR added.  
GRJT
221d
10 Colones20.11.1952 With POR added to sig. title.  
GRMB
229
10 Colones19.9.1962-9.10.1967
GRMD
230a
10 Colones4.3.1969; 17.6.1969  
GRMF
230b
10 Colones30.6.1970  
GRMG
230s
10 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GRMH
230x
10 ColonesW/out date or sig.  
GRMJ
237a
10 Colones6.9.1972-1977 Security thread.
GRMM
237b
10 Colones26.4.1977-18.2.1987 W/out security thread.
GRMN
237s
10 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GRMP
242
10 Colones24.5.1971 Commemorative issue. Overprint on #230.
GRMR
162a
20 Colones1.11.1914  
GRMS
162s
20 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRMT
162x
20 ColonesCounterfeit.  
GRNB
169Aa
20 Colones1.12.1916  
GRND
169As
20 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRNF
169B
20 Colones21.10.1918  
GRNG
176a
20 Colones4.1.1919-24.3.1924  
GRNH
187a
20 Colones15.7.1924-12.4.1928  
GRNJ
187s
20 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRNM
176b
20 Colones31.7.1933 Overprint title: EL SUBDIRECTOR.  
GRNN
176c
20 Colones17.4.1928-3.7.1936 W/out title overprint.  
GRNP
176s
20 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRNR
192a
20 Colones10.3.1937; 7.7.1937; 2.3.1936  
GRNS
192b
20 Colones22.6.1938  
GRNT
200
20 Colones1.2.1939  
GRPB
202a
20 Colones10.9.1941; 21.7.1943 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.
GRPD
202b
20 Colones12.11.1942 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRPF
202c
20 Colones5.2.1941; 17.3.1942; 12.1.1944 W/out title overprints.  
GRPG
206a
20 Colones28.2.1945 Both sig. titles overprint.  
GRPH
206b
20 Colones23.4.1947 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRPJ
206c
20 Colones3.3.1948 W/out title overprints.  
GRPM
206d
20 Colones4.6.1947 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRPN
206s
20 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRPP
217
20 Colones3.4.1950; 8.11.1950; 7.3.1951  
GRPR
222a
20 Colones26.2.1952-10.12.1962 W/out sig. title changes.  
GRPS
222b
20 Colones20.4.1955 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRPT
222c
20 Colones7.11.1957-9.9.1964 Date at lower left.  
GRRB
222d
20 Colones25.3.1953; 25.2.1954 With POR added to sig. title.  
GRRD
231a
20 Colones11.11.1964-30.6.1970
GRRF
231s
20 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRRG
238a
20 Colones10.7.1972; 6.9.1972
GRRH
238b
20 Colones13.11.1972-26.4.1977
GRRJ
238c
20 Colones1.6.1978-7.4.1983
GRRM
238s1
20 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GRRN
238s2
20 ColonesND Specimen.  
GRRP
252a
20 Colones28.6.1983
GRRR
252s
20 ColonesSpecimen. Punch hole cancelled.  
GRRS
134
25 Colones1.1.1897  
GRRT
135
50 Colones1.1.1897  
GRSB
163a
50 Colones1.11.1914  
GRSD
163s
50 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRSF
170Aa
50 Colones1.3.1916 W/out punch cancellation.  
GRSG
170Ab
50 Colones1.3.1916 Punch hole cancelled.  
GRSH
150
50 ColonesND(1917) Proof. Black on brown and multicolor.  
GRSJ
177a
50 Colones4.1.1919-23.6.1927 Woman seated at center.  
GRSM
177b
50 Colones8.4.1929-5.11.1932  
GRSN
177s
50 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRSP
188a
50 Colones15.7.1924-10.1.1927 Woman seated at left.  
GRSR
188s
50 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRSS
183a
50 Colones31.7.1933 Overprint title: EL SUBDIRECTOR.  
GRST
183b
50 Colones17.1.1933; 24.11.1933 W/out title overprint.  
GRTB
193
50 Colones8.4.1941; 4.2.1942  
GRTD
207a
50 Colones9.9.1942  
GRTF
207b
50 Colones1.12.1942 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRTG
211a
50 Colones24.5.1944; 7.6.1944 With both title overprints.  
GRTH
211b
50 Colones4.6.1947 Overprint: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRTJ
211c
50 Colones3.3.1948 W/out title overprint.  
GRTM
211s
50 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRTN
218a
50 Colones3.4.1950-5.3.1952 Serie G. W/out sig.title changes.  
GRTP
218b
50 Colones10. 10. 1951-25.3.1953 With POR added to sig.title.  
GRTR
223a
50 Colones10.6.1952-25.11.1959 Portrait: F. Guardia.  
GRTS
223b
50 Colones14.9.1960-9.9.1964  
GRTT
232
50 Colones9.6.1965-30.6.1970
GRVB
239
50 Colones6.9.1972-26.4.1977
GRVD
243
50 Colones24.5.1971 Commemorative issue. Overprint on #232.  
GRVF
251a
50 Colones30.10.1978-2.4.1981 4 dates.
GRVG
251b
50 Colones18.5.1982-2.4.1986 5 dates.
GRVH
253
50 Colones15.7.1987; 26.4.1988
GRVJ
257a
50 Colones19.6.1991-7.7.1993 5 dates.
GRVM
257s
50 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRVN
136
100 Colones1.1.1897  
GRVP
164a
100 Colones1.11.1914  
GRVR
164s
100 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRVS
179B
100 Colones17.3.1916  
GRVT
150A
100 ColonesND(1917) Specimen. Black on blue and multicolor.  
GRWB
178a
100 Colones4.1.1919-23.6.1927 Woman seated at left.  
GRWD
178b
100 Colones22.4.1930-11.2.1932  
GRWF
178s
100 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRWG
178x
100 ColonesError date: 14.12.2931  
GRWH
189A
100 Colones24.12.1924-21.10.1927 Woman seated at right.  
GRWJ
182a
100 Colones2.6.1933-4.9.1933 Overprint title: EL SUBDIRECTOR.  
GRWM
182b
100 Colones17.1.1933; 30.10.1934; 26.3.1935 W/out title overprint.  
GRWN
194a
100 Colones3.11.1937- 4.2.1942 4 dates. Sig. title GERENTE.  
GRWP
194b
100 Colones9.7.1941 Sig. title SUB-GERENTE.  
GRWR
208
100 Colones3.6.1942; 19.8.1942; 26.8.1942
GRWS
212a
100 Colones21.7.1943; 21.12.1949 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRWT
212b
100 Colones10.10.1943-3.3.1948 W/out title overprint.
GRYB
212c
100 Colones17.3.1943 Sig. title: VICE-PRESIDENTE.  
GRYD
212s
100 ColonesSpecimen.  
GRYF
219a
100 Colones23.4.1952 28.10.1953; 16.6.1954 W/out sig. title changes.  
GRYG
219b
100 Colones2.3.1955 Title overprint: SUB-GERENTE.  
GRYH
224a
100 Colones11.6.1952-29.4.1960 Portrait J. R. Mora.  
GRYJ
224b
100 Colones27.3.1957 Sig. title SUB-GERENTE.  
GRYM
233a
100 Colones18.10.1961-3.12.1964
GRYN
233b
100 Colones9.6.1965; 14.12.1965; 27.4.1966  
GRYP
234a
100 Colones29.8.1966-27.8.1968
GRYR
234s
100 ColonesSpecimen.  
GSBB
240a
100 Colones26.8.1969-26.4.1977 Cattle at center.
GSBD
240s
100 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GSBF
244
100 Colones24.5.1971; 13.12.1971 Comm. issue. Overprint on #232.  
GSBG
248a
100 Colones26.4.1977-24.12.1981
GSBH
248b
100 Colones18.5.1982-9.11.1988
GSBJ
254a
100 Colones30.11.1988; 4.10.1989; 5.10.1990
GSBM
254s
100 ColonesSpecimen.  
GSBN
258
100 Colones17.6.1992
GSBP
261a
100 Colones28.9.1993
GSBR
261s
100 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GSBS
225a
500 Colones10.10.1951-6.5.1969  
GSBT
225b
500 Colones7.4.1970-26.4.1977  
GSDB
225s
500 ColonesSpecimen. Punch hole cancelled.  
GSDD
245
500 Colones24.5.1971 Comemorative issue. Overprint on #225.  
GSDF
249a
500 Colones4.6.1979-12.3.1981  
GSDG
249b
500 Colones17.9.1981-20.3.1985
GSDH
255
500 Colones21.1.1987; 14.6.1989
GSDJ
269
500 Colones6.7.1994 Bank commemorative. Overprint.
GSDM
262a
500 Colones6.7.1994
GSDN
262s
500 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GSDP
226a
1000 Colones11.6.1952-6.10.1959  
GSDR
226b
1000 Colones25.4.1962-6.5.1969  
GSDS
226c
1000 Colones7.4.1970-12.6.1974  
GSDT
226s
1000 ColonesSpecimen. Punch hole cancelled.  
GSFB
246
1000 Colones24.5.1971 Comemorative issue. Overprint on #226.  
GSFD
250
1000 Colones9.6.1975-20.3.1985 8 dates.
GSFF
256a
1000 Colones19.11.1986-17.1.1989 4 dates.
GSFG
256s
1000 ColonesSpecimen.  
GSFH
259a
1000 Colones24.4.1990; 3.10.1990; 23.10.1991  
GSFJ
259b
1000 Colones2.2.1994-10.10.1994 4 dates.
GSFM
264a
1000 Colones23.7.1997
GSFN
264b
1000 Colones23.9.1998
GSFP
264c
1000 Colones24.2.1999  
GSFR
267A
1000 Colones1999
GSFS
264d
1000 Colones9.4.2003
GSFT
264e
1000 Colones27.9.2004
GSGB
264s
1000 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint: MUESTRA.  
GSGD
270
1000 Colones23.9.1998 Bank commemorative. Overprint.
GSGE
264f
1000 Colones14.7.2005  
GSGF
271
2000 Colones30.7.1997 Bank commemorative. Overprint.
GSGG
265a
2000 Colones30.7.1997 (1998)
GSGH
265b
2000 Colones16.9.1998  
GSGJ
265c
2000 Colones9.4.1999  
GSGM
265d
2000 Colones9.4.2003  
GSGN
265e
2000 Colones14.9.2005  
GSGP
265s
2000 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint 2 varieties.  
GSGR
260a
5000 Colones28.8.1991; 11.3.1992; 29.7.1992  
GSGS
260b
5000 Colones4.5.1994; 18.1.1995
GSGT
266a
5000 Colones27.3.1996 (1997)
GSHB
266b
5000 Colones27.9.2004  
GSHD
266c
5000 Colones14.9.2005  
GSHF
266s
5000 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint 2 varieties.  
GSHG
272
5000 Colones24.2.1999 Bank commemorative. Overprint.
GSHH
268a
5000 Colones24.2.1999
GSHJ
268s
5000 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint 2 varieties.  
GSHM
273a
10,000 Colones30.7.1997 Bank commemorative. Overprint.
GSHN
273s
10,000 ColonesSpecimen.  
GSHP
267a
10,000 Colones30.7.1997 (1998)
GSHR
267b
10,000 Colones27.9.2004  
GSHS
267c
10,000 Colones14.9.2005  
GSHT
267s
10,000 ColonesSpecimen. Overprint 2 varieties.  
GSHU
267d
10,000 Colones26.9.2007  
GSIH
new
20,000 Colones2.9.2009  

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