Catalog
200 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado de Honduras |
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| Year | 1848 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset note with ornate engraved border composed of corner vignettes with floral and figural motifs linked by decorative chains of rosettes and geometric ornaments. At centre, a circular cartouche with the legislative decree inscription surrounds the denomination text 'VALE. Doscientos pesos'; to the left, a vertical panel bears the italic legend 'ESTADO DE HONDURAS' in stylised script. The upper portion carries the manuscript numero and partition number, while a circular official seal is impressed at right centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Part. 333. NUMERO. ESTADO DE HONDURAS POR EL DECRETO DE LAS CAMARAS LEGISLATIVAS DE 2 DE SETIEMBRE DE 1848 VALE. Doscientos pesos El Director de rentas. El Contador mayor. El tesorero jeneral. |
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The Estado de Honduras issued paper currency under chronic fiscal duress throughout the 1840s, and this 200 Pesos note belongs to one of the earliest domestic emission series in Central American history. Honduras at this period lacked a formal central bank entirely — these notes were government obligations in the most direct sense, backed by little more than state credit in a country perpetually short of hard currency.
Pick 6A is genuinely rare. Honduran paper issues from this decade suffered heavy attrition through humidity, political instability, and successive currency reforms that rendered earlier notes worthless and uncollectable.