5 Córdobas

Issuer	Banco Nacional de Nicaragua
Year	1942-1951
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Grey intaglio on a multicolour guilloche underprint; the central vignette presents a cattle herd in an open pastoral landscape enclosed within an ornate frame, with BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA / DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISIÓN arching across the upper register and MANAGUA centred below. The series date SERIE DE 1951 runs vertically along both lateral margins, while large denomination numerals 5 anchor each lower corner, and the value statement VALE POR CINCO CÓRDOBAS appears in a banner beneath the central vignette. Two columns of legal text in small letterpress fill the lower register, terminated by the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company.
Obverse lettering	BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA DEPARTAMENTO DE EMISIÓN, MANAGUA SERIE DE 1951 5 VALE POR CINCO CÓRDOBAS ESTE BILLETE HA SIDO EMITIDO DE CONFORMIDAD CON 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 CINCO CÓRDOBAS. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Emission Department, Managua Series 1951 5 Worth Five Cordobas This note has been issued in accordance with the Decree-Law of October 20, 1940 and 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, Issuing Department, shall pay at sight to bearer, for this note, Five Cordobas. American Bank Note Company)
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Variants	P#93a - 1942 P#93b - 1945 P#93c - 1951
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