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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Honduras |
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| Year | 1932-1993 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#76, Schön#26 |
| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Honduras occupies the central field, depicting a triangular pyramid set against a plain background without clouds, flanked by two cornucopiae and supported by a quiver of arrows and crossed rifles at the base. The shield is encircled by an inner legend reading REP CA DE · HONDURAS · LIBRE · SOBERANA · INDEPENDIENTE · 15 SEPT BRE 1821, referencing the date of national independence. The outer legend REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS arcs around the upper periphery, while the mint year appears prominently in the lower field below the coat of arms. The coin's border is either dentilated or beaded depending on the issue variety. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS REP CA DE · HONDURAS · LIBRE · SOBERANA · INDEPENDIENTE · 15 SEPT BRE 1821 · 1980 (Translation: Republic of Honduras Republic of Honduras, Free, Sovereign and Independent 15 September 1821) |
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Honduras adopted copper-nickel for this denomination in the early 1930s as silver became economically impractical for small circulation coinage — a shift made across much of Latin America during the same decade under pressure from collapsing commodity prices and U.S. monetary policy reverberations following 1929. The type ran with remarkable continuity for over sixty years, surviving multiple constitutional crises, the 1969 Football War with El Salvador, and successive military governments without a redesign.
Late-date examples from the 1980s onward frequently show significant die fatigue, a predictable consequence of extended production runs with minimal tooling renewal.