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50 Cordobas
| Issuer | Banco Central de Nicaragua |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa |
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| Reverse description | An intaglio aerial vignette of the Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción fortress on the Río San Juan occupies the left and centre of the note over a lilac guilloche underprint. The Nicaraguan national coat of arms — a triangle enclosing a landscape of five volcanoes beneath a rising sun, encircled by the legend 'REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA / AMERICA CENTRAL' — appears as the principal emblem to the right. The denomination 'CINCUENTA CORDOBAS' is rendered in bold across the lower portion, with repeating 'CORDOBA' lettering running along the borders. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA EL CASTILLO DE LA INMACULADA CONCEPCION, RIO SAN JUAN CINCUENTA CORDOBAS REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA AMERICA CENTRAL |
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The Canadian Bank Note Company has handled Nicaraguan printing contracts across multiple monetary eras, including the post-Sandinista stabilization period when the córdoba oro replaced the hyperinflated córdoba at a rate of five million to one. By 2002 the currency had settled, but Nicaragua remained one of the poorest economies in the Western Hemisphere, and a 50-córdoba note represented meaningful purchasing power in daily commerce.
P#193 carries only a watermark as its declared security feature — modest by contemporary standards, though consistent with the security specification applied across this particular series.