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50 Córdobas Liberty Bell
| Issuer | Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Liberty Bell is depicted in high relief at the center of the field, showing the characteristic crack and inscribed texts on its surface, suspended from its wooden yoke. The bicentennial commemoration dates 1776 and 1976 flank the bell in the lower field. The arc legend HOMENAJE A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA curves along the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 CORDOBAS is inscribed along the lower arc, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Issued as part of a broader series of collector-oriented silver pieces Nicaragua released through the mid-1970s, this coin commemorates the American Bicentennial — an unusual subject for a Central American republic, though Nicaragua's close political and economic ties to the United States under the Somoza government made such an issue commercially sensible. The series was aimed squarely at the U.S. collector market rather than domestic circulation.
The Somoza regime was deposed by the Sandinista revolution in 1979, making commemorative output from this precise window a product of a government that ceased to exist within four years of striking.