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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado de Honduras |
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| Year | 1862 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in black on cream paper with ornate floral and foliate borders running along both vertical edges. At centre top, a vignette of the Estado de Honduras coat of arms — an all-seeing eye within a triangle above a landscape, encircled by the legend ESTADO DE HONDURAS — is flanked by an oval dry stamp at left and a circular República de Honduras handstamp at right. The central text reads VALE CIEN PESOS in bold letterpress, with the authorising legend Por el decreto de 19 de Julio de 1862 below, and three manuscript signature lines at the foot attributed to El Contador mayor, El Mtro. de hacienda, and El Tesorero gral. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO DE HONDURAS VALE CIEN PESOS. Por el decreto de 19 de Julio de 1862. 1.a Clase El Contador mayor. El Mtro. de hacienda El Tesorero gral. |
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The Estado de Honduras issues of the 1860s are among the rarest early Latin American provincial notes, and P#6I sits at the top of that scarcity ladder. Honduras had no central bank in 1862 — wouldn't have one until the twentieth century — so these notes were issued directly by the state government under chronic fiscal pressure, with almost no institutional infrastructure to manage redemption or supply.
The "I" suffix in the Pick reference denotes an issued note, distinguishing it from the remainders (P#6r) that make up the overwhelming majority of surviving examples. Genuinely circulated issued specimens are exceedingly rare.