cordobas

"Makes no difference, still costs you a hundred cordobas."

Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

"That'll be a thousand cordobas, including gratuities."

Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

"Fifteen hundred cordobas admission fee, which includes a generous tip for me."

Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

In his article, "Scenes from Nicaragua" [NYR, August 14], Murray Kempton writes that last year the National Endowment for Democracy "sent $100,000 to La Prensa," and that "the check was paid to the Central Bank of Nicaragua to be converted to cordobas."

Help for 'La Prensa' Gershman, Carl 1986

Exchange rates: gold cordobas per US dollar - 17.5815 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937

The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Exchange rates: gold cordobas per US dollar - 15.937 (2004), 15.105 (2003), 14.251

The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Exchange rates: gold cordobas (C$) per US$1 - 6 (10 January 1993), 5 (1992); note - gold cordoba replaced cordoba as Nicaragua's currency in 1991

The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Nicaragua: gold cordobas per US dollar - 12.96 (November 2000),

The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Nicaragua gold cordobas per US dollar - 17.5815 (2006), 16.733

The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Nicaragua gold cordobas per US dollar - 15.937 (2004), 15.105

The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency