Front: Badge (circular emblem of a raising sun with 28 rays
behind 5 volcanos (old union member states, Guatemala,
El Savador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica)
legend: (above, motto) EN DIOS CONFIAMOS
(translation: In God we trust)
(left/right, spacers/dots) •
(below, value) 50 CENTAVOS DE CORDOBA
Back: Bust of city founder Francisco Hernández
de Córdoba (front-left)
* c. 1475 † 1526 inside circle
legend: (state name) REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA
(bottom-left/right, spacers/5-pointed stars) ☆ ☆
(bottom, year) 1965
Edge: PiT - Plain with incuse text: B.C.N
