500 000 Cordobas overprinted on 20 Cordobas

500 000 Cordobas (overprinted on 20 Cordobas) - obverse500 000 Cordobas (overprinted on 20 Cordobas) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Nicaragua
Period Republic (1821-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1990
Value 500,000 Cordobas (500 000 NIC)
Currency Second Córdoba (1988-1990)
Composition Paper
Size 157 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 225392
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References P# 163
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Comandante German Pomares Ordonez

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA

500.000
QUINIENTOS MIL CORDOBAS

COMANDANTE
GERMAN POMARES ORDONEZ

Reverse

Scene of demonstration for agrarian reform

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE NICARAGUA

REFORMA AGRARIA

NO SOMOS AVES PARA VIVIR
DEL AIRE NO SOMOS PECES
PARA VIVIR DEL MAR SOMOS
HOMBRES PARA VIVIR DE LA TIEN

Translation:
Central Bank of Nicaragua
Agrarian Reform

Not fish to live from the sea; nor birds to live off the air: We are men to live off the land.

Watermark

Comandante Ordonez

Comments

Overprint ink has UV activity:
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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1990)  $ 4.00 98% Issued note.
ND (1990)  1.5% Replacement note with ZB prefix.

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