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| 表面の説明 | Black on orange underprint, with a seated child holding a lyre at left, a central vignette of a woman with sheep at top center, and a bull's head at right. The face carries a double overprint reading 'TESORERÍA GENERAL' over the original 'BANCO AGRÍCOLA MERCANTIL' issuer text, applied pursuant to the Decree of 20 March 1896. Order numbers are printed in red. |
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| 裏面の説明 | Printed entirely in red, the reverse comprises an intricate guilloche network with large stylized 'M' monogram medallions at left and right, and a central rosette guilloche. The denomination 'UNO' appears repeatedly in the border panels. A two-line oval stamp reading 'TESORERÍA GENERAL — NICARAGUA' is applied in blue-black ink over the center, accompanied by a secondary 'Registrado' notation with a folio number. The printer's imprint 'American Bank Note Company, New York' appears at the lower center. |
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The Tesorería General de Nicaragua occupied an unusual position — a government treasury office issuing currency directly rather than through a chartered bank, a workaround common in Central American states where banking infrastructure remained underdeveloped and foreign concessions complicated matters. This 1896 peso is an overprint on stock originally prepared for the Banco Agrícola Mercantil, which never fully established itself as a functioning note-issuing institution. Rather than waste engraved ABNC plates and printed sheets, the treasury simply overstamped existing inventory.
The Banco Agrícola Mercantil base notes are scarce without the overprint. Surviving examples with it are not common either, given Nicaragua's turbulent monetary history through the late 1890s and early 1900s.