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10 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The left half carries a finely engraved intaglio vignette of three miners at work underground, rendered with strong tonal contrast to evoke the nationalization of Nicaragua's mines, with the inscription NACIONALIZACION DE LAS MINAS placed in the upper left of the vignette area. The right half is occupied by a large guilloche numeral 10 above the denomination spelled out in two lines, the whole composition framed by serpentine decorative borders at each side in the same deep rose colour scheme as the obverse. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA / NACIONALIZACION DE LAS MINAS / 10 / DIEZ CORDOBAS |
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This note was issued in 1979, the year the Somoza regime collapsed and the Sandinistas took power — a transition that effectively ended the Banco Central's pre-revolutionary operating structure. Notes from this precise issue year occupy an awkward historical position: ordered and printed under one government, circulated under another.
Thomas De La Rue's London facility handled the full print run, as it had for multiple Nicaraguan series dating back decades. The single security measure — a watermark — reflects the relatively modest specification common to lower-denomination notes in the series.