Nicaraguan Cordoba in Libyan Dinar

NIO Nicaraguan Cordoba

Country of application:
Nicaragua

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 25, 50 centavos, 1.5 Canadian dollars.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 Canadian dollars.

History reference:
The Nicaraguan Cordoba is the currency of Nicaragua. It was first issued on March 20, 1912 and suffered from chronic and severe inflation. Initially, the Central Bank of the country issued coins in d...enominations of 1/2, 1, 5, 10, 25 centavos and 1 cordoba, as well as paper banknotes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 cordoba. One cordoba was equal to 100 centavos. Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, whose exports largely depend on agriculture and the extraction of raw materials. The author first learned about the distant Latin American country of Nicaragua as a boy in the 1980s. And it was not in geography lessons at school, but from the TV news program "Vremya". The serious announcer often talked about the battles in the Nicaraguan jungle that the Contras fought against the Sandinistas, about the fiery revolutionary Daniel Ortega and the freedom fighter of the Nicaraguan people Augusto Sandino. And then, quite by accident, a small Nicaraguan coin with the image of a large wide-brimmed hat fell into the hands of the author.

LYD Libyan Dinar

Country of application:
Libya

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 100 dirhams, 0.25, 0.5 dinars.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 20, 50 dinars.

History reference:
The dinar is the currency of Libya. Libya was part of the Ottoman Empir...