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2 Lempiras Centennial Marco Aurelio Soto Government
| Issuer | Banco Central de Honduras |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Isla del Tigre and the port town of Ciudad Puerto de Amapala, rendered in a detailed engraved landscape style with the volcanic peak rising above the harbour and vessels visible in the foreground waters. A large guilloche numeral '2' occupies the left portion of the note, flanked by ornate lathe-work borders. A caption below the vignette references the island and the inauguration of Soto's government. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE HONDURAS 2 LEMPIRAS ISLA DEL TIGRE Y CIUDAD PUERTO DE AMAPALA EN DONDE INAUGURÓ SU GOBIERNO EL DR. SOTO |
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This note marks the centennial of the 1876 reform government of Marco Aurelio Soto, who was installed with backing from Guatemalan strongman Justo Rufino Barrios and went on to modernize Honduras's legal and administrative infrastructure more thoroughly than any predecessor. The commemorative framing is somewhat awkward given that Soto's government was, by origin, a foreign imposition — a fact Honduran official narratives have historically downplayed.
De La Rue's watermark security on this issue is minimal by the firm's own standards of the period, reflecting the denomination's low face value rather than any lapse in the contract specification.