Catalog
10 Centavos de Córdoba
| Issuer | National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated (Banco Nacional de Nicaragua) |
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| Year | 1914-1926 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on green underprint. At left, an oval vignette contains an allegorical portrait of Liberty in profile, wearing a star-adorned diadem with rays emanating behind her head. To the right, a large guilloche numeral '10' panel is set within an ornate frame, flanked by the bilingual bank title at top; the central text block carries the statutory legal tender declaration in Spanish, with two manuscript signature lines above the bold denomination cartouche reading 'DIEZ CENTAVOS DE CÓRDOBA', and a third signature at lower right above 'PRESIDENTE'. Repeated numeral '10' cornerpieces and the printer's imprint 'American Bank Note Co. New York' run along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 10 CENTAVOS DIEZ CENTAVOS DE CÓRDOBA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 10 Cents Ten Centavos de Córdoba American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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The Banco Nacional de Nicaragua was itself an unusual institution — incorporated in the United States under Connecticut law in 1912, with the U.S. government holding a controlling interest as part of the broader financial supervision that followed the Knox-Castrillo Convention. This note is therefore less a product of Nicaraguan sovereignty than of American receivership: a Central American denomination printed in New York for a bank whose majority shareholder was Washington.
The twelve-year date range for Pick 52 reflects multiple print orders from ABNC rather than a single issue, and distinguishing them requires close attention to serial prefix blocks and minor plate differences.