Nicaragua 1943 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is from a type struck 1943 only for Nicaragua, and was the first issue featuring the conquistador Cordoba. The type is common in circulated condition. It was accompanied by brass one (KM 20), ten (KM 22) and twenty-five centavos (KM 23). In 1967, the brutal and corrupt Luis Somoza died of a heart attack and was succeeded by his brutal, corrupt and incompetent brother, Anastasio, with baleful consequences for Nicaragua.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 5 g, brass, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 21.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Flores, Luis H., Nicaragua: Its Coins, Paper Money, Medals and Tokens, Managua: La Prensa, 2002.
• Harris, Robert P., A Guide Book of Modern Latin American Coins, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishiing Co., 1966.
• Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1940 5 centavos
• 1943 centavo
• 1943 10 centavos
• 1943 25 centavos
• 1946 5 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• return to coins of Nicaragua