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| Issuer | Republic of Honduras |
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| Year | 1870 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the arms of the Republic of Honduras at center: the national coat of arms featuring a triangle enclosing a mountainous landscape within a circular legend reading REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS and the date 1821, flanked by a cornucopia and quiver of arrows on each side, surmounted by a mural crown, and supported by a decorative base with a laurel and oak wreath below. The peripheral legend reads JOSE · MARIA · MEDINA · CAPITAN · GENERAL · PRESIDENTE · identifying the incumbent head of state, distributed around the full circumference of the coin. The engraver's name TASSET appears in small capitals near the lower rim. The coin exhibits fine milled denticles along the inner border and displays rich polychrome toning consistent with a copper pattern striking. |
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| Obverse lettering | JOSE · MARIA · MEDINA · CAPITAN · GENERAL · PRESIDENTE · REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS · 1821 TASSET (Translation: President Captain General Jose Maria Medina Republic of Honduras) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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