Catalog
2 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Value | 2 Cordobas |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISÓN, MANAGUA SERIE DE 1945 2 VALE POR DOS CÓRDOBAS ESTE BILLETE HA SIDO EMITIDO DE CONFORMIDAD COM EL DECRETO- LEY DE 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 1940 LA LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1941; DEBERÁ SER 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. DE CONFORMIDAD CON EL DECRETO-LEY DE 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 1940 Y LA LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 1941, Y BAJO LAS CONDICIONES PRESCRITAS EN LOS MISMOS, EL BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA, DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISIÓN, PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR, POR ESTE BILLETE DOS CÓRDOBAS. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Emission Department, Managua Series 1945 2 Worth Two Cordobas This note has been issued in accordance with the Decree-Law of October 20, 1940, the Law of August 4, 1941; it must be received in payment of customs and tax duties and will be legal tender and mandatory for the payment of debts within the Republic. In accordance with the Decree-Law of October 26, 1940 and the Law of August 4, 1941, and under the conditions prescribed therein, the National Bank of Nicaragua, Emission Department, shall pay at sight to bearer, for this note, Two Cordobas. American Bank Note Company) |
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| Variants | P#92a - 1941 P#92b - 1945 |
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The Banco Nacional de Nicaragua was not a conventional central bank — it functioned simultaneously as the government's fiscal agent, commercial lender, and issuing authority, a concentration of functions that drew repeated criticism from international financial advisors throughout the 1940s. American Bank Note Company held the printing contract for virtually the entire Nicaraguan series during this period, a relationship that dated back to the 1910s and reflected the tight financial supervision the United States maintained over Nicaragua following the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty.
The P#92 series ran across four years, with date ranges suggesting multiple print orders rather than a single production run. Survivors in circulated grades often show heavy tropical wear — Nicaragua's humid climate was consistently hard on paper currency of this weight.