Costa Rica 5 Colones Banknote, 1990, P-236e.1, UNC, Series D

This uncirculated 5 Costa Rican colon banknote is part of the Costa Rican series of banknotes that integrated more color and stronger security features to its banknotes. This note is signed by Central Bank of Costa Rica Board of Directors President Hernan Garron Salazar and Bank Manager Claudio A. Volio Guardia. Its obverse side contains two Guarianthe skinneri orchidsthe national flower of Costa Rica, and Rafael Anselmo Jose Yglesias Castro, the 16th president of Costa Rica from 1894 to 1902. Its reverse side depicts Aleardo Villas 1897 painting Allegory of Coffee and Bananas found in the Teatro Nacional. Security features of the note are a solid security thread and a BCCR CINCO 5 watermark. The note is 156 mm long and 67 mm wide.