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1 Lempira
| Issuer | Banco Atlántida |
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| Year | 1932 |
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| Value | 1 Lempira |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in dark blue-black ink, the reverse centres on the national coat of arms of Honduras within an oval cartouche bearing the 'BANCO ATLANTIDA' inscription, surrounded by dense engine-turned guilloche patterns and large ornamental numeral '1' devices at both sides. The denomination legends 'UNO' appear at left and right of the central medallion, while 'UN LEMPIRA' is repeated twice across the lower portion of the note. The printer's imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY' is present along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO ATLANTIDA UNO UNO UN LEMPIRA UN LEMPIRA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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Banco Atlántida was a private commercial bank operating in Honduras, and its notes issued under government authorization circulated as legitimate currency during a period when the Honduran state lacked the infrastructure to monopolize paper money production. The American Bank Note Company printed for dozens of Latin American issuers simultaneously, but the S121 series is notable for being among the last private bank issues before Honduras consolidated currency authority under the Banco Central, established in 1950.
Surviving examples from 1932 are scarce — not because of high circulation, but because private bank notes were aggressively retired and destroyed once central banking took hold.