Nicaragua : Coins [Series: 1912~Today - Republic (Circulation) | Theme: Sun | Mint Year: 1962] : Colnect 🪙
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Series: 1912~Today - Republic (Circulation)x
5 Centavos (Edge lettering B.C.N.)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:NI-000007, WCC:km24.2
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Colonisation | Explorers | Geometric Shapes | Rays | Seals (Emblems) | Stars | Sun | Volcanos
- Issued on:
- 1962
- Last issue date:
- 1965
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967)
- Composition:
- Copper-Nickel
- Edge:
- Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
- Weight:
- 3 grams
- Diameter:
- 17 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.9 mm
- Face value:
- 5 c - Nicaraguan centavo
- Known mintage:
- 17,000,000
- Composition Details:
- 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
- Score:
- 39% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- 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) 5 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) 1962, 1964 or 1965
Edge: PiT - Plain with incuse text: B.C.N - Buy Now:
10 Centavos (Edge lettering B.C.N.)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:NI-000056, WCC:km17.2
- Variants:
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- Themes:
- ColnectScrp
- Issued on:
- 1962
- Last issue date:
- 1965
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- Shape:
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- Rim:
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- Diameter:
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- Thickness:
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- Known mintage:
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- Composition Details:
- 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
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