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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Tesorería General de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Currency | Peso (1878-1912) |
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| Obverse lettering | TESORERÍA GENERAL Decreto 20 de Marzo de 1896 Pagará al portador y a la vista la cantidad de 5 CINCO PESOS EN MONEDA ACUÑADA ABRIL 1 DE 1896 American Bank Note Co., New York (Translation: General Treasury Decree March 20, 1896 It will pay to the bearer and on sight the amount of Five Pesos in minted currency April 1, 1896 American Bank Note Co., New York) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO 5 AGRICOLA-MERCANTIL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: Mercantile Agricultural Bank 5 American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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The Tesorería General — Nicaragua's general treasury rather than a formal central bank — issued directly under government authority during a period when no independent bank of issue existed in the country. This note predates the Banco de Nicaragua and the later Banco Nacional by several decades, placing it within a gap in institutional banking history that left the treasury itself as the primary paper money authority.
ABNC's involvement was standard for Central American fiscal paper of the 1890s; the New York firm held engraved plate contracts across the region simultaneously. The S108 Scheingold reference confirms Pick's attribution.