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1000 Cordobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown ink over a multicolour guilloche underprint. The central vignette presents an intaglio portrait of Anastasio Somoza García, flanked by ornate lathe-work borders typical of American Bank Note Company craftsmanship. Three manuscript signatures appear beneath the portrait, with the denomination and the name of the issuing authority rendered in letterpress above and below. |
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| Reverse description | Brown ink over a multicolour guilloche underprint. The central vignette carries an intaglio portrait of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, the Spanish conquistador and eponym of the currency, executed in the fine-line engraving style characteristic of American Bank Note Company productions. The denomination and the issuing bank's name are inscribed in bold letterpress framing the central design. |
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Nicaragua's córdoba issues of the early 1960s were produced during a period of relative monetary stability under the Somoza regime, when the Central Bank was consolidating its note series after years of transitional printing contracts. The American Bank Note Company held the concession throughout this era, and their work on the high-denomination 1,000 córdoba notes reflects the full engraved intaglio quality typical of ABNC's Latin American government contracts — deep impression, fine line work on the numerals and borders.
High-denomination notes of this series circulated in limited quantities and saw most use in commercial and interbank transactions rather than everyday retail. Survivors with honest wear are less common than the lower values.