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.
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.