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5 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Weight | 7 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA 5 CORDOBAS EN DIOS CONFIAMOS (Translation: Republic of Nicaragua In God we trust) |
| Reverse description | A facing bust portrait of Augusto César Sandino occupies the central field, depicted wearing his characteristic wide-brimmed cowboy hat and neckerchief. The subject's features are rendered in bold relief with clean, stylized lines. The surname 'SANDINO' is inscribed to the right of the portrait in raised lettering, while the date '1984' appears in the lower exergue. The composition fills the heptagonal flan with a strong, iconic presence befitting the Nicaraguan revolutionary hero. |
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Nicaragua's 1984 coinage came at a particularly strained moment for the Sandinista government, which was managing a war economy against Contra forces while U.S. economic sanctions were steadily cutting off access to international credit. The switch to nickel clad steel from the earlier nickel composition reflects the raw material pressures the Banco Central was navigating that year — a quiet but telling sign of fiscal stress embedded in the alloy itself.