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5 Pesos
| Uitgever | Estado de Honduras |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1848 |
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| Valuta | Peso (1826-1931) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain typeset note on white paper with a simple guilloche-bordered rectangular frame. At centre, a circular wreath vignette encloses the denomination legend CINCO PESOS with an inner circular text band reading POR EL DECRETO DE LAS CAMARAS LEJISLATIVAS DE ... DE SETIEMBRE DE 1848; a large black cancellation dot obliterates the issuer seal. To the left, a vertical panel bears the word HONDURAS in ornate script lettering, and at top centre the serial number heading NUMERO is printed in bold letterpress. Three signature lines appear at the base, labelled El Director de rentas, El Contador mayor, and El tesorero jeneral, each with a manuscript signature. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | NUMERO CINCO PESOS POR EL DECRETO DE LAS CAMARAS LEJISLATIVAS DE ... DE SETIEMBRE DE 1848 HONDURAS El Director de rentas El Contador mayor El tesorero jeneral |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Estado de Honduras issued paper currency under chronic fiscal pressure throughout the 1840s, and this 5 Pesos note from 1848 reflects a period when Central American states, barely two decades out of Spanish colonial administration, were still improvising monetary infrastructure. Honduras had no domestic printing capability worth the name at the time, and documentary evidence on where these early notes were produced remains incomplete.
Surviving examples from this issue are genuinely rare. The combination of tropical climate, political instability, and the near-total absence of formal banking in mid-century Honduras meant that paper notes were poorly preserved even when not deliberately destroyed.