5 Córdobas

5 Córdobas - obverse5 Córdobas - reverse

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Features

Issuer Nicaragua
Issuing bank Central Bank of Nicaragua (Banco Central de Nicaragua)
Period Republic (1854-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1980
Value 5 Córdobas
Currency First Córdoba (1912-1987)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 7 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Heptagonal (7-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 15 February 1988
Number
N#
4462
References KM# 44,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 46
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Series: 1980 Series

Obverse

Value at center, legend at top and motto at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA
5 CORDOBAS
EN DIOS CONFIAMOS

Translation:
Republic of Nicaragua
In God we trust

Reverse

Augusto Nicolás Sandino's bust facing, name at right and date at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SANDINO
1980

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

After the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution, the Sandinista government redesigned the national coinage to reflect Nicaraguan (and Latin American) nationalism.

Augusto Nicolás Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary who conducted a guerrilla war against the United States Marine Corps in the 1920s and 1930s. He was assassinated in 1934 and became a hero among the Nicaraguan people.

Due to inflation caused by fiscal mismanagement in the mid-1980s, these coins were discontinued in favor of a nickel-plated steel variety in 1984.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1980  10 000 000 $ 0.68 $ 0.79 $ 0.79 $ 1.30 $ 1.60 $ 2.10

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