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2 Macaos Fantasy Note Murciélago Blanco
| Issuer | Honduras |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green underprint with stylized leaf patterns and a solar symbol. Maya glyphs appear throughout, including a macaw glyph inscribed "Moo" and a deity glyph with a macaw headdress, alongside a row of additional Maya glyphs. Serial number, Maya numeral 2, denomination, country name, issue date, legal disclaimer, and maker's mark complete the design. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a white bat (Murciélago Blanco) set against a forest canopy background. Maya glyphs of a macaw and a macaw-headdress deity flank the central motif. Denomination, common and Maya names of the animal, country name, and maker's mark are present. |
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This is a fantasy note — it has no official standing with the Banco Central de Honduras and was never legal tender. "Macaos" is not a denomination in any Honduran monetary series; the unit is the lempira, named after the sixteenth-century Lenca chieftain who resisted Spanish conquest. The murciélago blanco, or Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), is a real and genuinely unusual species endemic to Central America, but its appearance here is the choice of a private issuer, not a national authority.
Polymer substrate on a piece with no monetary function is a curiosity of production cost over purpose.