Example Sentences

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Every month, merchant sales total at least 2 billion cordobas, or $71 million.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2016

At the mercado, pork tenderloin costs 70 cordobas a pound versus 90 cordobas at the supermarket.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2016

Melons are cheaper too: 20 cordobas here compared to 30 cordobas in the supermarket.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2016

Chamorro publicly set fire to a small mountain of worn-out cordobas that had already been exchanged, then went shopping at a Managua supermarket armed with a supply of the new currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over the next two months, new gold cordobas worth 5 million old cordobas, or 20 cents each, will replace the piggies as legal paper tender.

From Time Magazine Archive