Honduras 1920 centavo
This specimen was lot 1053 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "Honduras, bronze 1 centavo, 1920, no CENTAVOS, PCGS XF40(BN), finest and only example in PCGS census, ex-Dana Roberts. Slightly crude strike as usual, the obverse well preserved but the reverse with small marks and wear but clear 9/9 and 0/0 in date (unlisted, possibly rare), apparently the only example graded at either PCGS or NGC Pedigreed to the Dana Roberts collection (stated on label)." This is the last centavo of the peso system. In 1931, Honduras abandoned the peso, closed her mint and introduced the lempira, minted under contract in Philadelphia.
Reported Mintage: 30,000.
Specification: 2.12 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-70.
- 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.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
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