Nicaragua, 2019
20Córdobas
Twenty Nicaraguan Córdobas Banknote
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Issuer
- Central Bank of Nicaragua
- Issue year
- 2019
- Type
- Horizontal note
- Material
- Polymer
- Size
- 136 × 67 mm
- Signature
- Ovidio Reyes Ramírez
- Serial
- A5 7 0 1 6 6 5 3
Currency Information
The story
The Central Bank says the 20 córdobas note pays tribute to Nicaragua’s Caribbean region, with the Moravian church of Laguna de Perlas on the front and the Mayo Ya festival on the back. Catalogues describe the festival as the Maypole (Palo de Mayo) celebration.
Front
Moravian church (Iglesia Morava) in Laguna de Perlas with bell tower and adjoining building, trees, two sea turtles seen from above in a clear window, round transparent window with repeating “20” text, guilloche rosette ornament, church and town caption, signatures with printed titles of the Central Bank President and the Minister of Finance, central bank resolution text dated 8 April 2019
Back
Female dancers of the Festival Mayo Ya in long patterned dresses, coat of arms of Nicaragua inside a text ring, two sea turtles in a clear window, round transparent window with repeating “20” text, guilloche rosette ornament, festival caption
