Honduras 1937 lempira

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 (shown here), 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.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000 (most common date).

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .361 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 75.

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:

• 1931 5 centavos
• 1935 lempira
• 1937 50 centavos
• 1939 2 centavos
• 1951 10 centavos
• 1951 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1937
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