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50 Córdobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA AMERICA CENTRAL CINCUENTA CORDOBAS FRANÇOIS-CHARLES OBERTHUR (Translation: CENTRAL BANK OF NICARAGUA REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA CENTRAL AMERICA FIFTY CORDOBAS FRANÇOIS-CHARLES OBERTHUR) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Nicaragua's 1990s córdoba issues came out of one of the most dramatic monetary collapses in Latin American history. The 1988 córdoba oro reform had lopped ten zeroes off the currency, but hyperinflation—peaking above 33,000% annually in 1988—had so thoroughly destroyed confidence that even the replacement currency required successive redenominations before stabilization took hold in the early 1990s. This 1995 note belongs to the post-stabilization series, issued once the Chamorro government's austerity program had finally anchored the exchange rate.
Oberthur's Rennes facility was a consistent supplier to Central American central banks through this period, and the security specification here—thread and watermark only—reflects the cost constraints Nicaragua faced when contracting the print run.