Honduras 1949 centavo

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 = two lempiras. A new series of coins were issued, a silver lempira, fifty centavos, twenty centavos and copper-nickel five 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. This bronze type was issued 1935, 1939 and 1949 from the Philadelphia mint.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 2 g, bronze, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 77.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1939 centavo
• 1949 2 centavos
• 1954 centavo
• Coins and currency dated 1949
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