COSTA RICA 5 COLONES banknote, 1959 issue

COSTA RICA 5 COLONES banknote Notafilia Numismática collecting paper money Papiergeld Braulio Carrillo
COSTA RICA 5 COLONES banknote Banco Nacional coffee worker

Banco Central de Costa Rica - Central Bank of Costa Rica - 5 Colones (1959 issue)

Obverse: Portrait of Don Braulio Carrillo - the third president of Costa Rica who proposed the Guápiles Highway from San José to the Caribbean in the early 1800s to allow Pacific slope coffee growers to ship to Europe without circling around South America.
Reverse: Costa Rican coffee worker.