Catalog
1 Lempira
| Issuer | Banco Central de Honduras |
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| Year | 1951 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS EL BANCO CENTRAL DE HONDURAS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A SU PRESENTACIÓN UN LEMPIRA LEMPIRA 16 DE MARZO DE 1951 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE HONDURAS UN LEMPIRA WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES |
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Waterlow & Sons printed this series for Honduras through the early 1950s, a period when the Banco Central — established only in 1950 — was still consolidating its sole right of note issue after absorbing the functions previously held by commercial banks. The 1 Lempira was among the first denominations issued entirely under the new central banking structure.
Waterlow's liquidation a decade later, following the celebrated Portuga forgery affair and subsequent legal collapse, makes attributing exact plate provenance within their Honduras contracts occasionally difficult for researchers working from production records alone.