Catalog
1 Lempira Without reverse ornament at upper centre
| Issuer | Banco Central de Honduras |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Currency | Lempira (1931-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Lempira, the Lenca chieftain, at left centre in profile facing right, with his name inscribed below. A large guilloche medallion bearing the numeral '1' occupies the centre of the note, flanked on the right by the national coat of arms of Honduras. Three manuscript signatures appear along the lower margin beneath the central vignette. The date '11 de Marzo de 1974' is printed in the upper centre area. |
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The P#58 series went through several discrete printings by De La Rue, and the absence of the reverse ornament at upper centre marks this as a specific variant rather than a worn or damaged example — the position was simply left blank in this print run's plate layout. It's a minor but cataloguable distinction that separates it from the more commonly encountered version.
Honduras issued successive 1 Lempira notes through the 1960s and 1970s with minimal design changes, largely because the denomination's low purchasing power made frequent redesigns economically unwarranted.