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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Centro-Americano |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Currency | Peso (1862-1896) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRO-AMERICANO UN PESO EL BANCO CENTRO-AMERICANO Pagadera al portador en moneda efectiva $1 UN PESO $1 REPUBLICA DE HONDURAS — TEGUCIGALPA, NOVIEMBRE 30 DE 1888 EL DIRECTOR EL GERENTE |
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| Protection description | Circular hand-applied official seal of the Republic of Honduras, Ministerio de la Gobernación, struck in ink over the face of the note; circular bank seal of the Banco Centro-Americano applied on the reverse |
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The Banco Centro-Americano was one of several private banks operating under Honduran concession in the late nineteenth century, a period when the country had no central bank and note-issuing rights were farmed out to commercial institutions. These banks often printed locally rather than commissioning the established European or American security printers, which is precisely what makes this note unusual — domestic Honduran printing in 1888 was crude by any standard, and the official stamp served as the primary authenticating device in lieu of more sophisticated security.
The bank's operational history was short and poorly documented. Surviving notes from this issuer are genuinely rare.