5 Pesos
Features
| Issuer |
Nicaragua
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Tesorería General |
| Period |
Republic (1854-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1896 |
| Value | 5 Pesos |
| Currency | Peso (1878-1912) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted (Tesorería General on P# S108 (Banco Agrícola Mercantil)) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 369970 |
| References | P# A15 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Black on yellow-green and brown underprint.
Sitting woman (Allegory of Industry) at left; farm scene at center.
Overprinted "TESORERÍA GENERAL" over "BANCO AGRÍCOLA MERCANTIL" on face and back (5 Pesos, P# S108).
Order numbers in red.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TESORERÍA GENERAL
Decreto 20 de Marzo de 1896
Pagará al portador y a la vista la cantidad de
5 CINCO PESOS V
EN MOEDA ACUÑADA
ABRIL 1 DE 1896
American Bank Note Co., New York
Translation:
General Treasury
Decree March 20, 1896
It will pay to the bearer and on sight the amount of
Five Pesos
in minted currency
April 1, 1896
American Bank Note Co., New York
Reverse
Brown.
Stamped "Tesorería General - Nicaragua"
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Banco
5
Agricola-Mercantil
American Bank Note Company, New York
Translation:
Mercantile Agricultural Bank
5
American Bank Note Company, New York
Printer
American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)Comments
Overprinted TESORERÍA GENERAL on face and back of issues of Banco Agrícola Mercantil (issued by revolutionary forces in Leon).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1896-Apr-01 | P# A15a - Text with circular handstamp on back. | ||||||||||||||
| 1896-Apr-01 | P# A15b - Text without circular handstamp on back. | ||||||||||||||
| 1896-Apr-01 | P# A15c - Without overprint text or circular handstamp on back. | ||||||||||||||
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