Catalog
25 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Hondureño |
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| Year | 1889 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in green intaglio, dominated by an intricate lathe-work guilloche pattern filling the entire field. Two large circular medallions at left and right each bear the numeral "25" in bold figures, flanking a central ornamental motif also incorporating the numeral "25", all enclosed within a fine geometric scalloped border. The imprint "AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK" appears in small lettering along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 25 25 AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK |
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The Banco Nacional Hondureño was a short-lived institution — it lost its concession in the early 1890s after failing to maintain adequate specie reserves, a chronic problem for private banks of issue operating in Central America during this period. Notes from this issuer are genuinely scarce, with most denominations rarely appearing in dealer stock.
American Bank Note Company printed the series in New York under its standard security engraving contracts of the era. Honduras relied almost entirely on foreign printers throughout the nineteenth century, having no domestic intaglio capacity whatsoever.