Nicaragua unveiled it’s new currency to mixed reviews.  Nicaragua has become the 27th nation to adopt a space age polymer bill and the fourth in Latin America behind Mexico, Guatemala, Brasil and Chile.  The government is promoting the new money as “resistant, secure, durable and hygienic”.

The new plastic-like material has a very different feel from the ratty ten and twenty cordoba bills that were in circulation.   The crisp bills are all different sizes, the bigger the more valuable.

The smallest  bill, the 10 cordoba note, depicts El Castillo on Rio San Juan on the front side side and shows Hacienda San Jacinto on the reverse side.

The slightly larger 20 cordoba bills celebrates the Caribbean culture showing a Palo de Mayo dance.

The 100 cordoba bill rejoices in Nicaragua’s most renown poet Ruben Dario and his hometown of Leon is honored with the cathedral on the reverse side.

The largest bill released to date is the 200 cordoba note, which shows the island of Ometepe with the national bird, the Guardabarranco, on the reverse side.

I have tried my best to tear, crush or crumple the new bills and they are virtually indestructible.    Aurora gives the space age plastic the thumbs up!

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