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1 Peso El Banco Atlantida
| Issuer | El Banco Atlántida |
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| Year | 1913-1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The Honduran coat of arms is centered within an oval cartouche, flanked on either side by large numeral "1" vignettes set against an intricate guilloche underprint of interlocking lathe-work rosettes. The denomination "UN PESO PLATA" is inscribed in a panel along the lower portion, with the bank title arching above the central oval and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 BANCO ATLANTIDA UN PESO PLATA UN PESO REPÚBLICA LIBRE DE HONDURAS PROCLAMADA EL 15 DE SETIEMBRE 1821 1 UNO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: 1 Bank of Atlántida One Peso in Silver One Peso Free Republic of Honduras proclaimed on the 15th of September 1821 1 One American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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El Banco Atlántida was a Honduran commercial bank chartered in 1913, operating during a period when private banks rather than any central authority were responsible for note issue in the country. The ABNC contract for this series was entirely routine for the period — New York firms dominated Latin American private bank printing, and Atlántida was one of several Honduran institutions drawing on that same supply chain simultaneously.
Honduras wouldn't consolidate note-issuing authority into a central bank until 1950. These private-issue pesos circulated in a genuinely fractured monetary environment, competing notes from multiple banks passing side by side.