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500 000 Cordobas overprinted on 1000 Cordobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA SERIE G 500000 QUINIENTOS MIL UN MIL CÓRDOBAS RESOLUCIÓN DEL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO DEL BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA NO. CD-BCN-CXIV-1-85 DEL 30 DE ABRIL DE 1985 RESOLUCIÓN DEL PODER EJECUTIVO DEL 11 DE JUNIO DE 1985 MINISTRO DE FINANZAS DE LA REPÚBLICA PRESIDENTE DEL BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA VICE PRESIDENTE DEL BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA GENERAL A.C. SANDINO THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA CASA NATAL DE SANDINO 500000 QUINIENTOS MIL CÓRDOBAS 1000 |
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Nicaragua's monetary crisis of the late 1980s moved faster than printing capacity could accommodate. Rather than commission entirely new notes, the Banco Central authorized provisional overprints on existing stock — this 500,000 córdoba value applied over the 1,000 córdoba base note is a direct artifact of that stop-gap policy, issued as hyperinflation rendered smaller denominations functionally worthless within months of release.
Thomas De La Rue handled both the original printing and the overprint work. The córdoba was replaced entirely by the gold córdoba in 1990 at a rate of 1 to 5,000,000.