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2 Córdobas
| Issuer | National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Maroon and red-brown intaglio. The Nicaraguan Coat of Arms occupies the central vignette, surrounded by ornate guilloche border work. Bilingual bank title and denomination inscriptions appear above and below the central device. |
| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF NICARAGUA INCORPORATED BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA DOS CÓRDOBAS HAMILTON BANK NOTE CO., NY (Translation: National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated National Bank of Nicaragua Two Cordobas Hamilton Bank Note Co., NY) |
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The National Bank of Nicaragua Incorporated was an unusual institution — a privately chartered American corporation granted the rights of a central bank, established under the 1912 Knox-Castrillo Convention after the United States effectively assumed control of Nicaragua's customs revenues as debt collateral. The bank's charter ran until 1924, and Hamilton Bank Note Company in New York supplied the entire series of notes throughout its operational life.
Hamilton was a smaller competitor to the dominant American Bank Note Company and Bureau of Engraving contracts of the period, and Nicaragua was among its more prominent sovereign clients. P#56 sits in the middle of a wartime issue range, though Nicaragua itself remained outside the First World War's direct disruptions.