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10 Centavos de Córdoba
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 10 EL PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA EL MINISTRO DE HACIENDA VALE POR DIEZ CENTAVOS DE CÓRDOBA GERENTE GENERAL American Bank Note Co., New York (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 10 The President of the Republic The Minister of Finance Worth Ten Centavos de Córdoba General Manager American Bank Note Co., New York) |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 10 10 CENTAVOS DIEZ CENTAVOS DE CÓRDOBA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 10 10 Cents Ten Centavos de Córdoba American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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Nicaragua's banking system was consolidated under the Banco Nacional beginning in 1912, when U.S. occupation authorities effectively reorganized the country's finances following the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty negotiations. The Banco Nacional remained under partial American oversight until 1924, and ABNC held the printing contract throughout this period and well beyond — making this 1937 note a continuation of an arrangement rooted more in foreign financial control than domestic monetary policy.
The 10 centavos fractional denomination was a practical necessity in a low-wage rural economy where smaller subdivisions of the córdoba saw heavy daily use and coin shortages were chronic.