Nicaragua - American Bank Note Co.
25 Centavos 1937 ND Issue P86as

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Note Description: Nicaragua, Banco Nacional "SPECIMEN"
25 Centavos ND (1937) - Printer: ABNC
Grade: 67 EPQ
Country: NIC
Note Number: NIC86as
Signatures/
Vignettes:
- Sign. Title - Director
Gerente
Certification #: 8065182-001  
Owner: Love Collection
Sets Competing: Nicaragua - American Bank Note Co.  Score: 882
Nicaragua - The Land of Lakes and Volcanoes - Specimen  Score: 882
Date Added: 10/18/2019
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

There are two varieties for this undated 1937 25 Centavos banknotes, this one a specimen is the first variety (P 86a) with the Director Gerente (Managing Director) signature, and other variety has the Gerente General (General Manager) signature. This first print were authorised to be printed with the same characteristics as the previous 1912 dated banknotes without the legend Ley 1912 (Law of 1912) through an executive decree #1 on the 5th of January 1937 authorising American Banknote Co to print a total of 560,000 (400,000 10 Centavos & 160,000 25 Centavos) banknotes with a face value of 80,000 Cordobas. They were placed into circulation from the 1st of June 1937 through Executive Decree # 21 on the 26th of May 1937 with serial numbers from 000001 through to 160000.

The second emission (P 86b) which had a further 400,000 banknotes issued through two further Executive Decrees the first one was #45 on the 15th of January 1938 authorising the circulation of 200,000 25 Centavos notes from serial numbers 160001 to 360000. And a 2nd Executive decree # 52 on the 4th of February authorising the circulation of a further 200,000 notes from serial numbers 360001 through to 560000.

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