Nicaragua 1954 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is from a type struck 1946-56 for Nicaragua, and was superseded by a very similar design issued 1963-65 with different edge lettering. All dates are common. 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: 4,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel, lettered edge, medal rotation.

Catalog reference: KM 24.1.

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:

• 1946 5 centavos
• 1952 10 centavos
• 1964 5 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1954
• return to coins of Nicaragua