5 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Nicaragua
Issuing bank	National Bank of Nicaragua (Banco Nacional de Nicaragua)
Period	Republic (1854-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1912-1940
Value	5 Centavos de Córdoba (0.05)
Currency	First Córdoba (1912-1987)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	21.2 mm
Thickness	1.6 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Issued	March 1913
Demonetized	15 February 1988
Number	N# 14978
References	KM# 12 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 12 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Series: 1912 Series

Obverse

Coat of arms with legend at top and date at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA
1919

Translation: Republic of Nicaragua

Reverse

Value in lettering inside wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CINCO
CENTAVOS
DE
CORDOBA

Translation:
Five
Centavos
of a
Cordoba

Edge

Plain

Mints

	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
H	Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF		Frequency
Undetermined
1912 H	460 000	$ 1.20				14%
1912 H					Proof	1.1%
1914 H	300 000	$ 1.30	$ 1.30	$ 23		12%
1915 H	160 000					5%
1919	100 000					7%
1920	150 000					7%
1927	100 000					4%
1928	100 000					4%
1929	100 000					5%
1930	100 000		$ 0.65			5%
1934	200 000			$ 5.10		8%
1935	200 000		$ 4.90			7%
1936	300 000		$ 1.20			13%
1937	300 000		$ 1.30	$ 3.70		12%
1938	800 000		$ 2.00	$ 4.60		28%
1940	800 000		$ 1.10	$ 4.40		28%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 146 Lot 3531	14 Dec 2024	1914 H	XF	USD 23.12 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 138 Lot 3180	27 Sep 2024	1914 H	XF	USD 18.50 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 128 Lot 1872	3 Jun 2024	1914 H	XF	USD 31.22 (EUR 27.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 166 Lot 2311	16 Aug 2025	1919	XF	USD 23.12 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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