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50 Centavos Reverse Trial

Issuer Nicaragua
Year 1912
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Weight 2.5 g
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering EN DIOS CONFIAMOS 50 CENTAVOS DE CÓRDOBA
(Translation: In God we trust 50 Centavos of a Cordoba)
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Trial pieces for Nicaragua's 1912 coinage were produced by the Philadelphia Mint, which held the contract for the country's new national coinage following the period of monetary reorganization tied to American financial oversight of Nicaraguan affairs. The aluminium composition here marks this as a reverse trial — struck to assess die quality and design fidelity before committing to the production alloy, in this case silver. Philadelphia struck aluminium trials routinely as part of its quality control process for foreign government contracts.

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