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5 Pesos Pattern Strike
| Issuer | Republic of Honduras |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Currency | Second Peso (decimalized, 1879-1931) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large, centrally placed oak tree with a broad, leafy canopy rendered in fine relief, its trunk rising from a base of crossed olive branches tied at the foot. The denomination 5 Ps. appears prominently across the lower trunk of the tree. Surrounding the central device is a circular arrangement of nine five-pointed stars interspersed with floral ornaments. The patriotic motto DIOS UNION LIBERTAD arcs around the upper and lateral field, with the date 15 DE SET. 1821 inscribed along the lower arc and the fineness 0.900 at the lower right, all within a milled border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Honduras spent much of the 1860s and early 1870s cycling through monetary proposals, with the 1871 pattern series representing an attempt to establish a decimal coinage system before the country had a functioning national mint to strike it. These pieces were almost certainly produced abroad — most likely in the United States — as Honduras lacked domestic minting infrastructure at the time.
KM Pn10 is one of several copper-nickel patterns from this abortive 1871 series, none of which entered circulation.