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2 Lempiras Customs Note
| Issuer | Honduras |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Lempira (1931-date) |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio printing on light brown underprint; the Honduran coat of arms appears at left with the issuer name across the top. Face value numerals occupy all four corners and center right, with denomination in words below center; a prominent white country name sits at center. Three blue manuscript signatures with titles and six-digit register numbers are arranged along the lower margin, with the printer imprint at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 Nº 082037 SERIE K OBLIGACIÓN DEL ESTADO EMISIÓN DE 1937 REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS BILLETE ADUANERO EL ESTADO GARANTIZA LA ACEPTACIÓN DE ESTE BILLETE POR SU VALOR NOMINAL EN LAS OFICINAS DE HACIENDA DE LA REPÚBLICA, ASÍ: EN PAGO DEL 8% DE LOS DERECHOS DE IMPORTACIÓN, MIENTRAS HAYA BILLETES DE LA EMISIÓN DE 1928 EN PAGO DEL 10% DE LOS MISMOS DERECHOS DESPUES DE HABERSE AGOTADO DICHA EMISIÓN DE 1928. EN PAGO TOTAL DE CRÉDITOS A FAVOR DEL ESTADO, ANTERIORES AL 31 DE JULIO DE 1920. DECRETO LEGISLATIVO N° 72 DE MARZO DE 1937 HONDURAS 2 DOS LEMPIRAS 2 REG Nº 072054 MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Nº 002176 REG Nº CONTADOR MAYOR 103537 DIRECTOR DE RENTAS (Translation: State's obligation Issue from 1937 Republic of Honduras Custom note The State guarantees the acceptance of this note, for its face value in the Republic's Finance offices, as follows: For payment of 8% on importation fees while be available notes from 1928 issue, For payment of 10% of same fees, after exhausted the 1928 issue, Full payment of States credits previous to July 31st., 1920. Legislative Decree # 72, from March, 1937 Honduras Two Lempiras Main Accountant, Ministry of Finance, Rentas Director. Registers # 072054, # 103537, 002176) |
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Honduras issued a parallel series of "Customs Notes" — notas de aduana — during the 1930s, denominated in Lempiras but designated specifically for the settlement of customs duties rather than general commercial circulation. This was a fairly uncommon arrangement, used to regulate foreign trade payments at a moment when Honduras was heavily dependent on banana export revenues and managing chronic dollar-denominated debt obligations under U.S. financial oversight.
The American Bank Note Company printed the series in New York, as it did for the bulk of Central American government paper during this period. ABNC's grip on the regional contract market was near-total by the late 1930s.