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1 Real Pattern strike
| Issuer | Honduras |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large numeral '1' above the denomination legend REAL, centered within the field, with the date 1869 below. The entire central inscription is encircled by a finely engraved wreath of laurel or olive branches, tied at the base with a ribbon bow bearing the mint mark 'E' just above. The design is executed in the elegant neoclassical style characteristic of the Paris Mint under Barre, with the wreath rendered in precise, high-relief detail. A beaded border runs along the inner rim of the coin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 REAL 1869 E |
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Honduras was in the middle of consolidating its coinage infrastructure in the late 1860s, and pattern strikes like this one were produced to evaluate proposed compositions before committing to full production runs. Copper-nickel was being seriously considered by several Latin American states at this time as a cost-effective alternative to silver for fractional denominations, though Honduras ultimately did not adopt it for circulating coinage at this juncture.
KM#Pn9 is a genuine rarity — patterns from this period and issuer surface infrequently, and the 1869 Honduran series as a whole represents one of the thinner chapters in Central American numismatic documentation.