5 Córdobas

Issuer	National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated (Banco Nacional de Nicaragua)
Year	1912
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Black on beige underprint. Intaglio-printed face with portrait of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba at left and portrait of Miguel de Larreynaga at lower right, both set within ornate guilloche surrounds. The note carries extensive bilingual legal tender text in Spanish across the centre field.
Obverse lettering	NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 5 ESTE BILLETE HA SIDO EMITIDO DE CONFORMIDAD COM LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS. SERA 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. VALE POR CINCO CÓRDOBAS DE CONFORMIDAD CON LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS Y BAJO LAS CONDICIONES QUE ESAS LEYES PRESCRIBEN EL `NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED`. PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE CINCO CÓRDOBAS. HAMILTON BANK NOTE CO., NEW YORK (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 5 This note has been issued in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments. It will be received in payment of customs and fiscal duties and will be legal tender and mandatory for the payment of debts within the Republic. Worth Five Cordobas in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments and under the conditions that these laws prescribe the National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated will pay to the bearer of this note Five Cordobas on demand. Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York)
Reverse description	Printed in dark green on beige paper. The centre of the reverse is dominated by a vignette of the Nicaraguan Coat of Arms — a triangle enclosing five volcanoes beneath a radiating sun — set within an elaborate engine-turned guilloche framework. Large ornamental numeral '5' counters appear at left and right within interlocking lathe-work rosettes, with the denomination cartouche at the foot and the bilingual bank title across the top.
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