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5 Lempiras Customs Note
| Issuer | Honduras |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, United States |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 Nº 082082 SERIE J OBLIGACIÓN DEL ESTADO EMISIÓN DE 1937 REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS BILLETE ADUANERO EL ESTADO GARANTIZA LA ACEPTACIÓN DE ESTE BILLETE POR SU VALOR NOMINAL EN LAS OFICINAS DE HACIENDA DE LA REPÚBLICA, ASÍ: EN PAGO DEL 8% DE LOS DERECHOS DE IMPORTACIÓN, MIENTRAS HAYA BILLETES DE LA EMISIÓN DE 1928 EN PAGO DEL 10% DE LOS MISMOS DERECHOS DESPUES DE HABERSE AGOTADO DICHA EMISIÓN DE 1928. EN PAGO TOTAL DE CRÉDITOS A FAVOR DEL ESTADO, ANTERIORES AL 31 DE JULIO DE 1920. DECRETO LEGISLATIVO N° 72 DE MARZO DE 1937 HONDURAS 5 CINCO LEMPIRAS 5 REG Nº 072144 MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Nº 102089 REG Nº CONTADOR MAYOR 097682 DIRECTOR DE RENTAS (Translation: State's obligation Issue from 1937 Republic of Honduras Custom note The State guarantees the acceptance of this note, for its face value in the Republic's Finance offices, as follows: For payment of 8% on importation fees while be available notes from 1928 issue, For payment of 10% of same fees, after exhausted the 1928 issue, Full payment of States credits previous to July 31st., 1920. Legislative Decree # 72, from March, 1937 Honduras Five Lempiras Main Accountant, Ministry of Finance, Renueves Director. Registers # 072072, # 097682, 102189) |
| Reverse description | Plain blue letterpress printing on white paper with no pictorial vignettes or guilloche work. The issuer name and note type appear as the sole text elements, centred across the face, with the printer imprint at the bottom. |
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Honduras issued customs notes — pagarés de aduana — as a parallel instrument tied directly to import duties, distinct from the general circulation notes of the Banco Central. The 1937 date places this squarely in the Carías Andino dictatorship, when fiscal controls over customs revenue were politically significant; the port receipts flowing through Puerto Cortés and La Ceiba were among the most closely watched revenue streams in the country.
ABNC produced these on contract, as they did for much of Central America during the period. The printing specification — a relatively large sheet for a five-unit denomination — suggests limited-quantity official use rather than hand-to-hand trade.