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10 Udis
| Issuer | Red COMAL (Comercialización Alternativa) |
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| Value | 10 Udis |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is framed by a green guilloche border, with six blank ruled squares arranged along the left and right margins, intended for validation or stamping. A central oval guilloche vignette surrounds the COMAL logo — a stylized dark roundel inscribed with the word 'Comal' — set against radiating lathe-work lines. Spanish-language text occupies the upper and lower fields. |
| Reverse lettering | Un UDIS equivale a un Lempira UNIDAD DE INTERCAMBIO SOLIDARIO – UDIS Vale para uso exclusivo en la Red COMAL y tiendas asociadas y participantes Los vales no son intercambiables por dinero Red COMAL: fortaleciendo la economía comunitaria (Translation: One UDIS is equivalent to one Lempira Solidarity Exchange Unit Valid for exclusive use within Red COMAL and affiliated or participating stores Vouchers are not exchangeable for money Red COMAL: strengthening the community economy) |
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COMAL — the Coordinadora de Comercialización Alternativa — is a Honduran network of rural cooperatives and fair-trade agricultural producers that has operated its own complementary currency, the Udi, as a local exchange mechanism within member communities. These notes circulate not through banks but through community markets, functioning as a mutual credit instrument designed to reduce dependence on the lempira and keep purchasing power within the network.
The inclusion of a watermark is notable for a community-issued scrip — most complementary currencies at this scale forgo security features entirely. Whether this reflects a specific counterfeiting incident or simply a deliberate signal of institutional seriousness is not documented in available sources.