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50 Cordobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 2014-2021 |
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| Value | 50 Córdobas |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Mercado de Artesanías de Masaya, rendered in fine intaglio line work against a guilloche underprint in violet and pink tones. To the left, a transparent polymer window incorporates a marimba instrument motif in two registers — one in colour, one in black — serving as an integrated security element. An optically variable ink element displaying the numeral '50' appears in the upper right corner, with two signature lines below the market vignette accompanied by the titles 'Presidente del Banco Central de Nicaragua' and 'Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito Público'. |
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| Protection type | Optically variable ink, Polymer window, Watermark |
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| Comments |
Nicaragua's shift to polymer for this denomination was part of a broader regional trend, but the timeline matters: the Banco Central began transitioning select denominations to polymer substrate after weighing the cost-benefit against the country's humid tropical climate, which degrades cotton-paper notes faster than in temperate economies. The series ran across nearly a decade with relatively modest print runs for a circulating denomination of this value.
The 12,175,000 figure across the full 2014–2021 span is low — suggesting supplementary rather than primary circulation, likely running alongside older paper issues rather than replacing them outright.