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25 Centavos
| Issuer | República de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1912-1936 |
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| Currency | First Córdoba (1912-1987) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA * * 1912 * * H (Translation: Republic of Nicaragua) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nicaragua's silver coinage of this period was struck almost entirely at the Philadelphia Mint under contract — a common arrangement for Central American republics that lacked domestic minting infrastructure. The series ran across an unusually long span for a single type, surviving changes of government, the U.S. Marine occupation that lasted from 1912 to 1933, and the subsequent Sandino insurgency, without a redesign.
The .800 fineness matches the regional standard adopted by several neighboring republics in the early twentieth century, a deliberate alignment meant to facilitate cross-border trade.