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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Hondureño |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on white paper with a complex guilloche underprint. At left, a classical female allegorical vignette stands beside decorative framing; at centre, an oval portrait of a uniformed male figure is set within an elaborate lathe-worked border. The issuer's title 'Banco Nacional Hondureño' curves across the upper portion in bold lettering, with the denomination 'Dos Pesos' inscribed at upper right and a text panel below the portrait stating the note's acceptance at all Treasury offices of the Republic. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL HONDUREÑO TEGUCIGALPA Dos Pesos PAGARÉ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA EN MONEDA CORRIENTE ESTE BILLETE SERÁ RECIBIDO COMO DINERO EFECTIVO EN TODAS LAS OFICINAS DE HACIENDA DE LA REPÚBLICA 2 |
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The Banco Nacional Hondureño was a short-lived private institution operating under concession from the Honduran government during the late 1880s, a period when Honduras had no central bank and commercial banking was conducted almost entirely through foreign-backed private concerns. The American Bank Note Company's involvement was typical of the period — ABNC held a near-monopoly on Central American fiduciary printing, and their New York plates were used repeatedly across the region with relatively minor modifications between clients.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference signals this as a private or provincial issue, and surviving examples are uncommon. Honduras's banking sector collapsed repeatedly through the 1890s, and the Banco Nacional Hondureño did not outlast the decade.