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5 Lempiras
| Issuer | Banco Central de Honduras |
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| Year | 2000-2004 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited |
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| Reverse lettering | Banco Central de Honduras Batalla de la Trinidad Noviembre 11 de 1827 Cinco Lempiras CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, LIMITED |
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| Protection description | repeated "5" numerals visible in the paper; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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| Comments |
The Canadian Bank Note Company printed the bulk of Honduras's post-1990 paper currency, and this 5 Lempiras note falls within a run that the Banco Central issued across four consecutive years without significant design or security revision — suggesting a stable print order rather than an emergency or transitional issue. CBNC's Ottawa facility was a common contractor for Central American central banks during this period, competing primarily with De La Rue for regional contracts.
The security package here is modest by contemporary standards — watermark and embedded thread, nothing more — at a time when neighboring issuers were already moving toward optically variable devices on low-denomination notes.