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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| In circulation to | 15 February 1988 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE NICARAGUA 1974 (Translation: Republic of Nicaragua) |
| Reverse description | The central field displays the large numeral 10 in bold relief, occupying the majority of the inner circle and serving as the principal design element. A raised inner circle border separates this denomination numeral from the surrounding legend. The circumferential inscription reads · EN DIOS CONFIAMOS · arcing across the upper portion of the coin, with DIEZ CENTAVOS DE CÓRDOBA continuing around the lower periphery, separated by small raised dots acting as punctuation stops. The reverse is clean and typographic in style, with no pictorial motifs. |
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Nicaragua's monetary system was overhauled in the early 1970s under the Somoza dictatorship, with lighter aluminum-alloy coins progressively replacing the older cupro-nickel series to cut minting costs. The 1974 date places this piece just one year before the political tensions that preceded the Sandinista insurgency began seriously destabilizing the country's institutions — though circulation wear on survivors suggests these coins did their mundane work regardless.