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1 Centavo Copper Piedfort
| Issuer | Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 CENTAVO 1892 |
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Piedforts — coins struck on planchets twice the normal thickness — were produced almost exclusively as presentation or proof-of-design pieces for official approval, rarely if ever intended for circulation. Nicaragua's 1892 centavo issue coincided with the country operating under a highly unstable monetary framework, with coinage often contracted out to foreign mints. The piedfort designation here suggests this was almost certainly a sample strike, possibly submitted for governmental or treasury inspection rather than as a collectible in the modern sense.
KM#P2 implies an extremely small surviving population. Pattern and piedfort survivorship from Central American issues of this period is genuinely poor.