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10 Centavos Reverse Trial

Issuer Nicaragua
Year 1912
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Reverse description The reverse is entirely blank, presenting a smooth, unadorned planchet surface with no devices, legends, or decorative elements. This absence of a reverse design is characteristic of a reverse trial piece, produced specifically to test the obverse die in isolation. Light surface marks consistent with handling and age are visible across the plain field.
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Trial pieces for the 1912 Nicaraguan coinage were produced in aluminium to test die alignment and relief before committing to the intended silver production run. The KM#Ts2 designation places this among a small group of documented trials from that series, struck almost certainly in Philadelphia, where the American Bank Note Company's affiliated minting operations handled Nicaraguan coinage production during this period.

Aluminium trials rarely left the mint in any quantity.

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