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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Honduras |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large intaglio vignette of a longhorn bull's head occupying the left portion of the note, rendered in fine engraved detail against a light background. To the right, a central guilloche rosette surrounds the large numeral '10', with the legend 'PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR EN MONEDA EFECTIVA' and 'DIEZ PESOS' inscribed below in a serif typeface. The upper margin carries the issuer's name 'EL BANCO DE HONDURAS' in bold letterpress, with the place and date 'TEGUCIGALPA, 1º DE OCTUBRE DE 1913' printed beneath, flanked by series and serial number designations. |
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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 |
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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.