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10 Pesos Pattern Strike
| Issuer | Honduras |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Currency | Second Peso (decimalized, 1879-1931) |
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| Reverse description | A ceiba tree, the national tree of Honduras, occupies the central field, dividing the denomination. Crossed olive and oak branches appear at the base of the tree, and five stars arc across the upper field. The legend DIOS UNION LIBERTAD encircles the design, with the denomination 10 Ps., the commemorative independence date 15 DE SET. 1821, and the fineness 0.900 inscribed along the lower border. The design commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Central American independence from Spain. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Honduras never adopted a 10 Peso copper-nickel coin for circulation in 1871 — this piece exists solely as a pattern, likely produced to evaluate potential coinage reforms following the country's monetary reorganization in the early 1870s. Pattern strikes from Central American republics of this period were frequently produced at outside mints, with Philadelphia and European facilities both courting newly independent states with sample strikes they hoped would translate into production contracts.
Whether this piece ever advanced beyond the proposal stage is unrecorded.