Honduras 1978 50 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. This copper-nickel type, issued 1978 and 1990 only, replaced an earlier bust of the Indian chief used in the fifties and sixties. Later fifty centavos used nickel-plated steel.

Recorded mintage: 12,000,000.

Specification: 5.67 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 84.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1976 10 centavos
• 1978 20 centavos
• 1980 5 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1978
• return to coins of Honduras