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| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1953-1960 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Orange-brown tint on multicolour underprint. Central vignette shows Rafaela Herrera at the cannon — a patriotic scene known as 'Igniting the Cannon' — framed by guilloche ornaments. Issuer title, denomination, and legal tender text appear in letterpress above and below the central image. |
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| Reverse description | Orange-brown on pale underprint. A cartographic vignette at centre presents a map of southern Nicaragua showing Lago de Nicaragua, the projected Nicaragua Canal route, Océano Pacífico to the left, and Océano Atlántico to the right, with place names inscribed across the chart. Denomination numeral '20' appears in large guilloche medallions at both left and right, with the value legend in bold letterpress along the lower border. |
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| Variants | P#102a - 1953, 1954, 1957 & 1958 P#102b - 1959 & 1960 |
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