Catalog
25 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado de Honduras |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Reference(s) | P#6G |
| Obverse description | The note is printed in black on plain paper with an ornate border of foliate and scrollwork designs framing the entire composition. At the top centre, the arms of Honduras — a radiating sun above a pyramid flanked by trees and mountains, encircled by the legend ESTADO DE HONDURAS — serve as the central vignette. The denomination VALE VEINTICINCO PESOS is inscribed in bold letterpress across the middle, below which appears the authorizing decree date Por el decreto de 19 de Julio de 1862, with three handwritten official signatures at the foot corresponding to El Contador mayor, El Mtro. de Hacienda, and El Tesorero gral. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO DE HONDURAS 1.a Clase Num.o VALE VEINTICINCO PESOS. Por el decreto de 19 de Julio de 1862. El Contador mayor. El Mtro. de hacienda. El Tesorero gral. |
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The Estado de Honduras issues of the 1860s predate any national central bank by decades — Honduras had no formal banking institution until the late nineteenth century, and these early peso notes were state-issued instruments operating in a monetary environment dominated by foreign coin, particularly Mexican silver. The 1862 series is among the earliest documented paper issues attributed to Honduras, which makes surviving examples genuinely rare rather than artificially scarce.
Pick 6G designation suggests this is a sub-variety within the broader 1862 issue, though documentation on the individual variants remains thin in the standard references.