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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1681751, member: 38692"]And today's new note is a fantastic remainder from Costa Rica, I plan to get quite the collection of these notes as they have beautiful vignettes and scenes that have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Costa Rica... This crisp note has a African Lion which as we know is an indigenous species to Costa Rica, it is positively overrun with them. </p><p><br /></p><p> You have to think the folks who ordered this didn't really want images of malarial jungles and native tribes that lived in huts and ate each other. They likely said "Hey ABCNo, give us notes with some cool $h!+ on them..." And so they did. Great engraving and subtle color makes this a rich note. The back has engraving very poker chip like (boy I'd kill to get one of those...). Enjoy! </p><p><br /></p><p>A new country entirely tomorrow, first ever from this one, you will want to "check" it out (I am oh so witty...) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Costa%20Rica/5LeoF_zps02445f8d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Costa%20Rica/5LeoB_zpsa173f493.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1681751, member: 38692"]And today's new note is a fantastic remainder from Costa Rica, I plan to get quite the collection of these notes as they have beautiful vignettes and scenes that have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Costa Rica... This crisp note has a African Lion which as we know is an indigenous species to Costa Rica, it is positively overrun with them. You have to think the folks who ordered this didn't really want images of malarial jungles and native tribes that lived in huts and ate each other. They likely said "Hey ABCNo, give us notes with some cool $h!+ on them..." And so they did. Great engraving and subtle color makes this a rich note. The back has engraving very poker chip like (boy I'd kill to get one of those...). Enjoy! A new country entirely tomorrow, first ever from this one, you will want to "check" it out (I am oh so witty...) [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Costa%20Rica/5LeoF_zps02445f8d.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Costa%20Rica/5LeoB_zpsa173f493.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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