10 Centavos

Honduras switched this denomination from cupronickel to brass during the mid-1970s as global copper and nickel prices made the older alloy economically impractical for low-value coinage. The transition coincided with a period of military governance under General Melgar Castro and later Policarpo Paz García, when managing state expenditures — including mint costs — carried real political weight.

The 76.1a designation separates this brass issue from its cupronickel predecessor in the KM sequence.