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4 Reales State of Honduras - Provisional
| Issuer | Casa Nacional de la Moneda, Tegucigalpa |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Value | 4 Reales |
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| Reverse description | A laureate draped bust facing right occupies the central field within a beaded inner circle, rendered in a somewhat primitive provincial style characteristic of the Tegucigalpa mint. The peripheral legend LIBRE CREZCA FECUNDO is disposed around the upper arc, with the denomination 4 • R •, mint initial T, date 1857, and assayer initial F distributed along the lower arc and separated by raised dot stops. The date 1857 is prominently displayed at the base of the legend between two pellets, and known over-date (1857/2) and over-initial (F/G) varieties exist for this issue. |
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| Mintage | 1857 T - Over-date 1857/2 with over-initial F/G exist |
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Honduras declared independence from the Central American Federation in 1838 but spent the following decades without a stable monetary infrastructure. The Casa Nacional de la Moneda in Tegucigalpa issued provisional copper coinage throughout the 1850s largely because silver supplies were unreliable — the mines that had sustained colonial-era minting were either exhausted or inaccessible due to chronic political instability. Leaded copper was a pragmatic substitute, not a considered metallurgical choice.
KM#20e is one of several documented varieties within this provisional series, distinguished by die characteristics that reflect the rudimentary striking conditions of the Tegucigalpa facility.