Nicaraguan Cordoba in East Caribbean Dollar

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.

XCD East Caribbean Dollar

Country of application:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 25 cents and 1 dollar.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dollars.

History reference:
The national currency of Anguilla is the East Caribbean dollar. Since 1982, a new series of coins has been in circulation in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 cents and 1 dollar. Coins from 1 to 5 cen...ts were polyhedral, and a coin of 2 cents was square in shape. They were all made of aluminum alloy. But 10 and 25 cent coins were round, and made of copper-nickel alloy. The dollar was also round, but made of an aluminum bronze alloy. In 1989, the one dollar coin became multifaceted from a round shape and now from a copper-nickel alloy, changing its color from yellow to silver. Since 2002, new exclusively round 1, 2 and 5 cent coins have entered circulation, as well as a new $1 coin, which is now also round. Since 2009, 10.25 cents and 1 dollar coins have been minted from Akmonital alloy. The 1 and 2 cent coins were withdrawn from circulation in July 2015 and were legal tender until June 30, 2020.