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20 Lempiras Central Bank
| Issuer | Banco Central de Honduras |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | P#83 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS Banco Central de Honduras 20 (Translation: Republic of Honduras Central Bank of Honduras 20) |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Dionisio de Herrera |
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The Canadian Bank Note Company has handled Honduran currency production across multiple series, and this 2000-dated 20 Lempira note falls within a period when Honduras was still recovering economically from Hurricane Mitch, which devastated the country in October 1998 and caused an estimated seven billion dollars in damage — roughly equivalent to Honduras's entire GDP at the time. The central bank continued issuing notes through the reconstruction period with no interruption to the series numbering.
Watermark-only security on a note from this year is relatively sparse by contemporary standards, though consistent with the broader P#83 specification throughout its print run.