Catalog
50 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Honduras |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS EL BANCO DE HONDURAS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR EN MONEDA EFECTIVA 50 SERIE C TEGUCIGALPA CINCUENTA PESOS 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 1913 EL PRESIDENTE EL GERENTE EL MINISTRO DE HACIENDA SPECIMEN American Bank Note Co. New York |
| Reverse description | The reverse is engraved in a single green ink throughout, with dense lathe-work guilloche patterns filling the entire field. At the centre, an oval vignette contains the Honduran national coat of arms, surrounded by an ornate frame. Large numeral 50 counters appear in each corner and along the side borders, while the bank name EL BANCO DE HONDURAS is set in a solid panel at the foot of the note. |
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Banco de Honduras was a private commercial bank operating under government concession — not a central bank — and its note-issuing authority was always politically contested. By 1913, Honduras had already cycled through multiple failed currency reforms, and the country's chronic inability to service its foreign debt made foreign-printed paper money something of a hard sell to the public. The ABNC contract was a credibility move as much as a logistics one.
Pick 27 is among the higher denominations in this series and would have seen limited retail circulation. Fifty-peso notes in this period functioned largely as interbank instruments.