Córdoba (currency)
The córdoba (ISO 4217 code: NIO) is the national currency of Nicaragua. It was introduced in 1912, originally at parity with the US dollar. It is divided into 100 centavos ("cents").
In 1987, the "new córdoba" (nueva córdoba) was introduced at a rate equal to 1,000 "old" córdobas. In 1991 the córdoba was re-introduced, with one being worth 10 million of the "new córdobas" of the previous decade.
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Denominations
Coins
- 5 centavos
- 10 centavos
- 25 centavos
- 50 centavos
- 1 córdoba
- 2 córdobas
- 5 córdobas
- 10 córdobas
Banknotes
- 5 córdobas
- 10 córdobas
- 20 córdobas
- 50 córdobas
- 100 córdobas
- 200 córdobas
- 500 córdobas
- 1,000 córdobas
Historical exchange rates
- USD 1 = 16.300 córdobas (April 2005); 15.5515 córdobas (December 2003)
- EUR 1 = 21.361 córdobas (April 2005); 19.6462 córdobas (December 2003)
Current NIO exchange rates
AUD | CAD | EUR | GBP | INR | NZD | USD
| Currencies of The Americas | |
|---|---|
| North | Bermuda dollar | Canadian dollar | Mexican peso | US dollar |
| Central | Belize dollar | Costa Rican colón | Salvadoran colón | Guatemalan quetzal | Honduran lempira | Nicaraguan córdoba | Panamanian balboa |
| Caribbean | Bahamian dollar | Barbadian dollar | Cayman dollar | Cuban peso | Dominican peso | East Caribbean dollar | Haitian gourde | Jamaican dollar | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | (Aruban florin) | (Netherlands Antilles florin) |
| South | Argentine peso | Bolivian boliviano | Brazilian real | Chilean peso | Colombian peso | Guyanese dollar | Paraguayan guaranà | Peruvian nuevo sol | Suriname dollar | Uruguayan peso | Venezuelan bolÃvar | (Falkland pound)
The euro is used in the French DOM regions of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana. </table> |
Categories: American currencies | Nicaragua