Catalog
20 Lempiras
| Issuer | Banco Central de Honduras |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Lempira (1931-date) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a portrait vignette of José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle faces right, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The National Coat of Arms (Escudo Nacional) appears to the left. The issuer name and denomination are inscribed across the note in both numeral and word form. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS, C. A. BANCO CENTRAL DE HONDURAS 20 VEINTE LEMPIRAS |
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| Comments |
Honduras began transitioning select denominations to Guardian® polymer substrate in the mid-2000s, with the 20 Lempiras among the earlier issues in that shift. The dual printer credit — Canadian Bank Note Company and Poland's PWPW — reflects a production arrangement that was not unusual for polymer notes of this period, where the base substrate and the overprinting could be handled by separate facilities.
P#95 is occasionally found with adhesion issues along the polymer window edges, a known characteristic of early Guardian® runs in tropical climates where humidity cycling accelerates delamination at those borders.