Nicaragua - 5 Centavos 1899

Country: Nicaragua
Period: Republic (1854-date)
Type: Standard Circulation coin
Year: 1899
Value: 5 Centavos (0.05)
Currency: Peso (1878-1912)
Metal: Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Mint: Heaton, UK 
Mintage: 552,000
Grade: XF40
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized: 20 March 1912
References: KM# 9

Obverse:
Coat of arms with legend at top.

Lettering:
REPCA. DE NICARAGUA

Translation: Nicaragua Republic.

Reverse:
Value within wreath, with date at bottom.

Lettering:
5 CENTAVOS
1899

Edge:
Smooth.

Mint:
Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury (Connecticut), United States (1802-date).→ Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003).

Referencia : KM# 9

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