Honduras 1931 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

In 1931, the government of Honduras reformed the currency. The peso was dropped and the lempira adopted, with the exchange rate fixed at US$1 = 2 lempiras. A new series of coins were issued, a silver lempira, fifty centavos, twenty centavos and copper-nickel five (shown here} and ten centavos. Bronze one and two centavos were added later. The new coins marked the first new issues since the early 1920's; all were minted outside the country and the old mint in Tegucigalpa closed for good. The 1931 is the first of five dates of the type.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 5 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 72.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1922 gold peso
• 1931 20 centavos
• 1931 50 centavos
• 1931 lempira
• 1932 5 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1931
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