Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Honduras |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Currency | Peso (1871-1931) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS EL BANCO DE HONDURAS TEGUCIGALPA, 1º DE OCTUBRE DE 1913 SERIE A PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR EN MONEDA EFECTIVA DIEZ PESOS 10 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-orange ink and centers on an oval vignette of the Honduran national coat of arms, enclosed within an ornate engraved border of interlocking guilloche scrollwork. Large numerals '10' appear symmetrically on the left and right within elaborate lathe-work panels, while the word 'DIEZ' is inscribed across the top margin. The lower margin carries the inscription 'EL BANCO DE HONDURAS', with the American Bank Note Company imprint at the foot of the note. |
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Banco de Honduras was a private commercial bank operating under concession from the Honduran government, not a central bank — the country wouldn't establish a proper central banking authority until the Banco Central de Honduras was founded in 1950. Notes like this one circulated alongside issues from competing concession banks, creating a fragmented currency environment that made counterfeiting comparatively easier to sustain undetected.
The American Bank Note Company's New York plant handled the full production. By 1913 ABNC had long been the dominant supplier to Latin American issuers, and their Honduras work followed the same high-intaglio security printing they applied across the region.