Nicaragua - American Bank Note Co.
10 Pesos 1911 Issue (dated 1910) P46s

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Set Details
Note Description: Nicaragua "SPECIMEN"
10 Pesos 1910
Grade: 66 EPQ
Country: NIC
Note Number: NIC46s
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Printer: ABNC
Certification #: 1166967-009  
Owner: Love Collection
Sets Competing: Nicaragua - The Land of Lakes and Volcanoes - Specimen  Score: 2091
Nicaragua - American Bank Note Co.  Score: 2091
Date Added: 10/26/2023
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

These notes for 1910 have two different signature varieties. The banknotes all feature Christopher Columbus on the obverse of the notes. And the national coat of arms on the reverse.

From what I could find these notes were originated through a contract from the Government with a wealthy businessman by the name of Alfredo Pellas (his descendants are still very prominent business owners running several successful businesses within Nicaragua including the famous Nicaraguan Rum Flor de Caña) on the 9th of January 1910. For the 10 Pesos notes there was to be 325,000 printed with a face value of 3,250,000 pesos.

There was an executive decree #122 on the 27th of March 1911 under the new government authorising to print the same amount of notes but this time they were printed with the signature new President Juan Estrada. Based on the serial numbers they continued this series from 325000 through to 650000.

This particular note is a specimen of the A type with the first signature variety.

Christopher Columbus was of course the famous Italian explorer that mistakenly had discovered the Americas.

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