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1 Centavo Pattern strike
| Issuer | Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Currency | Peso (1878-1912) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA (Translation: Republic of Nicaragua) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nicaragua's 1892 coinage program was tied directly to the country's effort to modernize its monetary system under President Roberto Sacasa, with several denominations struck as patterns at foreign mints to evaluate design and metal options before committing to circulation issues. Aluminium was a serious candidate for low-denomination coinage in the early 1890s — the metal had only recently become cheap enough to consider for currency, and several Latin American nations were exploring it simultaneously.
Pattern status means surviving examples are few by definition, struck for approval rather than release.