5 Lempiras Customs Note

Features

Issuer	Honduras
Period	Republic (1862-date)
Type	Local banknotes
Year	1937
Value	5 Lempiras (5 HNL)
Currency	Lempira (1931-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	173 × 95 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Intaglio, Lithography
Issued	March 1937
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 534691
References	P# S168 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: Custom notes

Obverse

Green printing on light gren underprint.
Coat of arms of Honduras at left. Issuer name on top. Face value in number on all four corners, and on center right; in letters below center. White country name at center.
Red series 1 letter on top right, red serial #s, 6 digits on top left. Issuing date on top right.
3 blue signatures with titles below, on lower zone; each signature also have black Register # of person, 6 digits, above or below signature/title. Printer name on bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 Nº 082082 SERIE J
OBLIGACIÓN
DEL
ESTADO
EMISIÓN
DE
1937
REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS
BILLETE ADUANERO
EL ESTADO GARANTIZA LA ACEPTACIÓN DE ESTE BILLETE
POR SU VALOR NOMINAL EN LAS OFICINAS DE HACIENDA DE
LA REPÚBLICA, ASÍ:
EN PAGO DEL 8% DE LOS DERECHOS DE IMPORTACIÓN,
MIENTRAS HAYA BILLETES DE LA EMISIÓN DE 1928
EN PAGO DEL 10% DE LOS MISMOS DERECHOS DESPUES
DE HABERSE AGOTADO DICHA EMISIÓN DE 1928.
EN PAGO TOTAL DE CRÉDITOS A FAVOR DEL ESTADO,
ANTERIORES AL 31 DE JULIO DE 1920.
DECRETO LEGISLATIVO N° 72 DE MARZO DE 1937
HONDURAS
5 CINCO LEMPIRAS 5
REG Nº 072144 MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Nº 102089
REG Nº
CONTADOR MAYOR 097682 DIRECTOR DE RENTAS

Translation:
State's obligation Issue from 1937
Republic of Honduras
Custom note
The State guarantees the acceptance of this note, for its face value in the Republic's Finance offices, as follows:
For payment of 8% on importation fees while be available notes from 1928 issue,
For payment of 10% of same fees, after exhausted the 1928 issue,
Full payment of States credits previous to July 31st., 1920.
Legislative Decree # 72, from March, 1937
Honduras
Five Lempiras
Main Accountant, Ministry of Finance, Renueves Director.
Registers # 072072, # 097682, 102189

Reverse

Blue printing, no images.
Issuer name on top, note type below, printer name on bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS
BILLETE ADUANERO
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY

Translation: Republic of Honduras, Custom note

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)

Comments

Serial # of the note is the red printed one placed on top left; on lower zone the black numbers are the register of the persons who sign the note.

This customs note was part of the second fiscal issue authorized by Legislative Decree No. 72 in 1937, aimed at amortizing Honduras’s internal debt. It was accepted for partial payment of import duties and full settlement of older state credits. Printed by the American Bank Note Company, it circulated alongside the 1928 issue and remained in limited use even after the creation of the Central Bank in 1950.

Gilberto Izcoa Medina, Billetes Bancarios de Honduras (1850–1950), edición BANPAIS

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Date	References
Undetermined
1937-Mar	P# S168a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Issued note
1937-Mar	P# S168b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Issued note, hole punch cancelled
1937-Mar	P# S168p Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Proof
1937-Mar	P# S168s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen

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