10 Pesos

Obverse description	Plain paper note with a typeset layout enclosed within a dotted border. At centre, a circular wreath vignette encloses the text "VALE / DIEZ PESOS" with a circular legend reading "POR EL DECRETO DE LAS CAMARAS LEJISLATIVAS" around the perimeter and a large official seal at the centre of the wreath. The denomination "10" appears in a vertical panel at the left margin with the inscription "ESTADO DE HONDURAS" running vertically alongside it, and the heading "NUMERO" with a handwritten serial number appears at the top.
Obverse lettering	NUMERO ESTADO DE HONDURAS POR EL DECRETO DE LAS CAMARAS LEJISLATIVAS VALE DIEZ PESOS El Director de rentas. El Contador mayor El tesorero jeneral.
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Comments	Honduras declared independence from the Central American Federation in 1838, and by 1848 the state government was issuing its own paper currency — a relatively early move for Central American fiscal administration. The Pick 3 is one of the genuinely scarce early Honduran issues; few examples have surfaced at auction, and survivorship is poor given the country's political instability through the mid-nineteenth century and the indifference to archival preservation that accompanied it. Almost nothing is documented about the printer. Attribution remains open.