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1 Córdoba

Issuer National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated (Banco Nacional de Nicaragua)
Year 1914-1918
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Obverse description Black intaglio printing on green guilloche underprint. Two portrait vignettes occupy the central axis: Cacique Nicarao at lower right and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba at left, both rendered with fine engraved detail against an elaborate scrollwork ground. Extensive bilingual Spanish and English text fills the central field, with the denomination numeral "1" set at upper left, and the imprint of Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York appearing at the base.
Obverse lettering NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 1 ESTE BILLETE HA SIDO EMITIDO DE CONFORMIDAD COM LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS. SERA RECIBIDO EN PAGO DE LOS DERECHOS ADUANEROS Y FISCALES Y SERÁ DE CURSO LEGAL Y OBLIGATORIO PARA EL PAGO DE DEUDAS DENTRO DE LA REPUBLICA. VALE POR UNO CÓRDOBA DE CONFORMIDAD CON LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS Y BAJO LAS CONDICIONES QUE ESAS LEYES PRESCRIBEN EL `NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED`. PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE UN CÓRDOBA. HAMILTON BANK NOTE CO., NEW YORK
(Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 1 This note has been issued in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments. It will be received in payment of customs and fiscal duties and will be legal tender and mandatory for the payment of debts within the Republic. Worth One Cordoba in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments and under the conditions that these laws prescribe, the National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated will pay to the bearer of this note One Cordoba on sight. Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York)
Reverse description Printed entirely in green. The Nicaraguan Coat of Arms — a triangle enclosing a volcanic landscape beneath a rising sun — occupies the centre within an intricate guilloche design, flanked on each side by a large numeral "1" counter set in an ornate lathe-work oval. The bank title runs across the top in two lines, and the denomination "UN CÓRDOBA" appears within a decorative cartouche at the base, with the printer's imprint below.
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