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100 Cordobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 100 Cordobas |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco Central de Nicaragua CIEN CORDOBAS RESOLUCION DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO DEL BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA NO. CD-BCN-IV-B-79 DE 8 DE AGOSTO DE 1979 DECRETO DE LA JUNTA DE GOBIERNO DE RECONSTRUCCION NACIONAL DE 16 DE AGOSTO DE 1979 ANO DE LA LIBERACION JOSE DOLORES ESTRADA (Translation: Central Bank of Nicaragua One Hundred Cordobas Resolution of the Directing Council of the Central Bank of Nicaragua No. CD-BCN-IV-B-79 of August 8, 1979 Decree of the National Reconstruction Government Board of August 16, 1979, Year of Liberation) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Pick 137 was issued in 1979, the year the Somoza government fell to the Sandinista revolution. The Banco Central had contracted Thomas De La Rue well before the July insurrection, meaning these notes were almost certainly printed and delivered under one regime but entered general circulation under another — a not uncommon awkwardness in Central American monetary history of that period.
The watermark is the sole security feature, which by 1979 was already considered minimal for a high-denomination note. De La Rue was capable of far more sophisticated security work at the time; the specification reflects the client's budget or procurement decisions, not the printer's limitations.