Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Honduras |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Size | 185 × 86 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black print on orange and yellow guilloche underprint. A steer head vignette appears at the left, with the Honduran coat of arms at centre right. The note bears the issuing bank's title, denomination in words and figures, place of issue, and date of issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | CINCO PESOS BANCO DE HONDURAS 5 TEGUCIGALPA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: Five Pesos / Bank of Honduras / Tegucigalpa / American Bank Note Company, New York) |
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Banco de Honduras was one of several private Honduran banks granted note-issuing privileges under the 1889 banking law — a short-lived experiment in decentralized currency that collapsed within two decades as the government progressively tightened control over monetary affairs. The American Bank Note Company, the dominant supplier to Latin American issuers throughout this period, produced the plates in New York.
Surviving examples from this issue are genuinely uncommon. Honduras was not a wealthy circulation economy in the 1880s, and private bank paper in Central America suffered high attrition through humidity, insect damage, and the informal handling typical of rural commerce.