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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Rural de Crédito Hipotecario de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO RURAL DE CREDITO HIPOTECARIO DE COSTA-RICA Capital Social: Cinco Millones de Pesos ACCION DE CIEN PESOS AL PORTADOR $100 El Director Administrador Mal nombre del Consejo de Banco San José, 1° de 1873 |
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| Protection description | Dry embossed circular seal applied to the right side of the obverse. |
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The Banco Rural de Crédito Hipotecario de Costa Rica was one of several short-lived private banks chartered in Costa Rica during the 1860s–1870s under legislation designed to stimulate agricultural credit — specifically mortgage-backed lending to rural landowners. The institution never achieved the foothold of contemporaries like the Banco Anglo-Costarricense, and its note-issuing career was brief.
The embossed seal was the bank's primary authentication device, a common expedient for institutions without access to sophisticated intaglio security printing. Notes of this series are genuinely rare in any condition — survivor populations are small enough that auction appearances attract serious attention from Central American specialists.