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5 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Value | 5 Córdobas |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 5 SERIE DE 1935 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 - NEW YORK (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 5 Series 1935 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 on sight to the bearer of this note Five Cordobas. Hamilton Bank Note - New York) |
| Reverse description | Uniform brown intaglio print on plain paper. The Nicaraguan coat of arms — an equilateral triangle enclosing a landscape of volcanoes with a liberty cap and radiating sun — occupies the center, surrounded by the circular legend 'REPÚBLICA DE NICARAGUA · AMERICA CENTRAL'. Bold numeral '5' counters flank the arms on both sides, and the denomination cartouche 'CINCO CÓRDOBAS' appears in a scrollwork panel below, with the bank name in two registers across the top. |
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The Banco Nacional de Nicaragua was itself only a few years old when this note was printed — established in 1912 under American receivership during the U.S. occupation, it operated under significant foreign financial oversight well into the 1930s. The córdoba had replaced the peso in 1913, and the National Bank's early note series were products of that imposed monetary reorganization rather than sovereign initiative.
Hamilton Bank Note Company, a smaller New York security printer operating in the shadow of the dominant American Bank Note Company, handled several Central American contracts during this period. Their work on Nicaraguan issues is occasionally found with light plate wear in the fine-line border work — a known characteristic of HBNC production, not post-issue handling.