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25 Pesos
| Issuer | Administración de las Rentas Públicas de Costa Rica |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA LAS ADMINISTRACIONES DE LAS RENTAS PUBLICAS PAGARAN AL PORTADOR la suma de VEINTE Y CINCO PESOS en moneda acuñada y corriente de este Pais SAN JOSE de Costa Rica 25 American Bank Note Co. N.Y. |
| Reverse description | Printed predominantly as a blind or lightly inked back, the reverse mirrors the general layout of the obverse through an impression visible in the paper, with the central vignette, corner numerals, and arched lettering discernible as ghost images through the sheet. The overall surface appears unprinted or very lightly backed, consistent with American Bank Note Company production practice of the period. |
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The Administración de las Rentas Públicas was not a central bank but a government revenue authority — its role in issuing fiduciary currency reflects the fragmented, improvised state of Costa Rican monetary administration in the 1880s, before the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica consolidated that function. American Bank Note Company's involvement was typical of the period, when Latin American governments routinely contracted New York engravers rather than develop domestic printing capacity.
Pick 122 is among the scarcer denominations from this issuer. The 25-peso face value placed it at the upper end of everyday utility, which generally meant lower print runs and faster institutional absorption rather than broad hand-to-hand circulation.