Catalog
10 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown on purple and green underprint, with a central landscape vignette of palm trees beside a lake with a distant volcano in the background, framed by intricate guilloche borders. The bilingual bank title — in both Spanish and English — together with the denomination numeral "10" and the "SERIE DE 1935" date inscription appear within the note's body alongside the legal tender clause. The printer's imprint of Hamilton Bank Note, New York, is present in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 10 SERIE DE 1935 ESTE BILLETE HA SIDO EMITIDO DE CONFORMIDAD COM LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS. SERA RECIBIDO EN PAGO DE LOS DERECHOS ADUANEROS Y FISCALES Y SERÁ DE CURSO LEGAL Y OBLIGATORIO PARA EL PAGO DE DEUDAS DENTRO DE LA REPUBLICA. VALE POR DIEZ CÓRDOBAS DE CONFORMIDAD CON LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS Y BAJO LAS CONDICIONES QUE ESAS LEYES PRESCRIBEN EL `NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED`. PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE DIEZ CÓRDOBAS. HAMILTON BANK NOTE - NEW YORK (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 10 Series 1935 This note has been issued in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments. It will be received in payment of customs and fiscal duties and will be legal and mandatory for the payment of debt within the Republic. Worth Ten Cordobas in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments and under the conditions that these laws prescribe the `National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated`. Will pay to the bearer of this note Ten Cordobas on sight. Hamilton Bank Note - New York) |
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The Banco Nacional de Nicaragua was itself a relatively unusual institution — incorporated in the United States under Connecticut law in 1924, with the U.S. government holding a supervisory role through the 1920s and into the 1930s as part of broader American financial intervention in Nicaragua. The 1935 series notes, including this 10 Córdobas, were produced during a transitional period as Nicaragua slowly reasserted domestic control over its banking apparatus.
Hamilton Bank Note Company handled the plate work. A smaller firm than the dominant American Banknote Company, HBNC produced quality intaglio work but operated in ABNCo's shadow — their Nicaraguan contracts represent some of their more geographically distant commissions from this decade.