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10 Córdobas
| Issuer | National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated |
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| Year | 1912 |
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| Value | 10 Córdobas |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA 10 ESTE BILLETE HA SIDO EMITIDO DE CONFORMIDAD COM LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS. SERA RECIBIDO EN PAGO DE LOS DERECHOS ADUANEROS Y FISCALES Y SERÁ DE CURSO LEGAL Y OBLIGATORIO PARA EL PAGO DE DEUDAS DENTRO DE LA REPUBLICA. VALE POR DIEZ CÓRDOBAS DE CONFORMIDAD CON LA LEY DE 20 DE MARZO DE 1912 Y SUS ENMIENDAS Y BAJO LAS CONDICIONES QUE ESAS LEYES PRESCRIBEN EL `NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED`. PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE DIEZ CÓRDOBAS. SPECIMEN HAMILTON BANK NOTE CO., NEW YORK (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua 10 This note has been issued in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments. It will be received in payment of customs and fiscal duties and will be legal tender and mandatory for the payment of debts within the Republic. Worth Ten Cordobas in accordance with the Law of March 20, 1912 and its amendments and under the conditions that these laws prescribe the National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated. Will pay on sight to the bearer of this note Ten Cordobas. Specimen Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York) |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA DIEZ CÓRDOBAS HAMILTON BANK NOTE CO., NY (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua Ten Cordobas Hamilton Bank Note Co., NY) |
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The National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated was itself a peculiar institution — a privately chartered American company granted a concession to act as Nicaragua's central bank, a direct consequence of U.S. financial intervention following the Dawson Agreements of 1911. This note circulates within that arrangement: a foreign-owned bank issuing sovereign currency for a sovereign country under heavy external pressure.
Hamilton Bank Note Company printed relatively few national currency contracts compared to rivals like ABNC or Bureau of Engraving, making their Latin American output less common in collector holdings than the volume of issues might suggest.