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500 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Currency | First Córdoba (1912-1987) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays Rubén Darío (1867–1916), the celebrated Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat widely regarded as the father of literary Modernism in the Spanish language, known by the epithet 'Prince of Castilian Letters.' The portrait is rendered in intaglio and set against a fine guilloche underprint, with the issuing bank title and denomination inscriptions framing the design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries an intaglio vignette of the Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío in Managua, the country's foremost performing arts venue, rendered in blue tones to the left of centre. A large numeral '500' is set within an elaborate guilloche rosette to the right, with fine lathe-work borders framing the entire composition and denomination inscriptions running along the top and bottom margins. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA 500 QUINIENTOS CORDOBAS TEATRO NACIONAL - RUBEN DARIO (Translation: Central Bank of Nicaragua 500 Five hundred Cordobas National Theater - Ruben Dario) |
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