{"product_id":"honduras-p113-500-lempiras-2022-2024-w113-tbb-b357","title":"Honduras P103d 500 Lempiras 2019 UNC \"a Golden Mind and a Gold Mine\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA high-denomination note from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHonduras\u003c\/a\u003e honoring one of its greatest 19th-century intellectuals, set against the ruins of a silver mine that once powered the country's economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e magenta and gray on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ram%C3%B3n_Rosa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRamón Rosa\u003c\/a\u003e (1848–1893), jurist, philosopher, and architect of Honduran liberal reform, center right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVignette:\u003c\/strong\u003e façade of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Merced_Church,_Tegucigalpa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLa Merced Church\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tegucigalpa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTegucigalpa\u003c\/a\u003e, at right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSecurity thread:\u003c\/strong\u003e windowed security thread with demetalized BCH 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLatent image:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ramón Rosa printed over green vignette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegistration device:\u003c\/strong\u003e post box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSerial numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e two serial numbers, left one with ascending size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eText:\u003c\/strong\u003e REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS \/ BANCO CENTRAL DE HONDURAS \/ 12 DE JUNIO DE 2019 \/ QUINIENTOS LEMPIRAS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wilfredo Cerrato R. \/ Aracely O'Hara Guillén \/ Rocío I. Tábora Morales)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e multicolor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCentral scene:\u003c\/strong\u003e aerial view of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Juancito\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMinas del Rosario de San Juancito\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Moraz%C3%A1n_Department\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFrancisco Morazán Department\u003c\/a\u003e (1893)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eText:\u003c\/strong\u003e BANCO CENTRAL DE HONDURAS \/ QUINIENTOS LEMPIRAS \/ 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e you may receive any variety: \u003cem\u003eP103a (2012)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eP103b (2014)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eP103c (2016)\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eP103d (2019) — this note\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e P103d; TBB# B354b; Numista N#239715\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ramón Rosa and electrotype BCH\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156 × 67 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Honduras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Honduras (Banco Central de Honduras)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oberthur_Fiduciaire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOberthur Fiduciaire\u003c\/a\u003e, France (1984–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduran_lempira\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHonduran Lempira\u003c\/a\u003e (1931–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRamón Rosa: The Mind Behind Modern Honduras\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ram%C3%B3n_Rosa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRamón Rosa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003e1848\u003c\/strong\u003e–1893) was the intellectual engine of Honduras's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_Reform_in_Honduras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLiberal Reform era\u003c\/a\u003e. As Secretary of State under President \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marco_Aurelio_Soto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMarco Aurelio Soto\u003c\/a\u003e, he drafted the country's civil and penal codes, reorganized public education, and helped modernize the Honduran state from the ground up. A philosopher, jurist, and essayist, Rosa believed that education was the foundation of national progress — a conviction that earned him a place on Honduras's highest-denomination circulating note. He died in \u003cstrong\u003e1893\u003c\/strong\u003e, the same year the San Juancito mine on the reverse was photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Mine That Built a Nation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse depicts the \u003cstrong\u003eMinas del Rosario de San Juancito\u003c\/strong\u003e — a silver and gold mining complex in the mountains of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Moraz%C3%A1n_Department\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFrancisco Morazán\u003c\/a\u003e operated by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_and_Honduras_Rosario_Mining_Company\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNew York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company\u003c\/a\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003e1880\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003e1954\u003c\/strong\u003e. At its peak it was one of the most productive silver mines in \u003cstrong\u003eCentral America\u003c\/strong\u003e, generating enormous export revenue and drawing thousands of workers to a company town deep in the cloud forest. Today the ruins are a protected historical site adjacent to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Tigra_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLa Tigra National Park\u003c\/a\u003e, just 22 km from Tegucigalpa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this note and you hold Honduras's liberal golden age in your hands — a reformist intellectual, a colonial church, and the mountain mine that financed a nation's modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Honduras\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish for \"depths\" — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Columbus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChristopher Columbus\u003c\/a\u003e reportedly exclaimed \u003cem\u003e\"Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras\"\u003c\/em\u003e after navigating treacherous waters off the northern coast in \u003cstrong\u003e1502\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tegucigalpa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTegucigalpa\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop. ~1.4 million; metro ~1.9 million)\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name of Tegucigalpa:\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nahuatl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNahuatl\u003c\/a\u003e, variously interpreted as \"silver hills\" or \"place of painted rocks\" — a nod to the region's mineral wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~10.6 million (UN 2024) — comparable to Michigan or Georgia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112,492 km² \/ 43,433 mi² — slightly larger than Tennessee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$6,800 (IMF 2024)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coffee_production_in_Honduras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecoffee\u003c\/a\u003e (#1 export), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebananas\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palm_oil\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epalm oil\u003c\/a\u003e, shrimp, textiles\/apparel (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maquiladora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emaquiladoras\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guatemala\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGuatemala\u003c\/a\u003e (west), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Salvador\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEl Salvador\u003c\/a\u003e (southwest), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNicaragua\u003c\/a\u003e (east\/southeast), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caribbean_Sea\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCaribbean Sea\u003c\/a\u003e (north), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Ocean\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/a\u003e (south, Gulf of Fonseca)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSpanish\u003c\/a\u003e (official); indigenous languages including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garifuna_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGarifuna\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miskito_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMiskito\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mestizo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMestizo\u003c\/a\u003e (~90%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_of_Honduras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndigenous\u003c\/a\u003e (~7%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garifuna_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGarifuna\u003c\/a\u003e (~2%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afro-Hondurans\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfro-Honduran\u003c\/a\u003e (~1%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnited Nations\u003c\/a\u003e (1945); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_of_American_States\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOAS\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_American_Integration_System\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSICA\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Trade_Organization\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWTO\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CAFTA-DR\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCAFTA-DR\u003c\/a\u003e free trade agreement with US\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independent from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Empire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSpain\u003c\/a\u003e 15 September \u003cstrong\u003e1821\u003c\/strong\u003e; fully independent republic \u003cstrong\u003e1838\u003c\/strong\u003e after dissolution of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Republic_of_Central_America\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFederal Republic of Central America\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHonduras Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMost coup-prone nation in the Americas:\u003c\/strong\u003e Honduras has experienced more than \u003cstrong\u003e300 attempted or successful coups\u003c\/strong\u003e since independence — including as recently as \u003cstrong\u003e2009\u003c\/strong\u003e, when President Manuel Zelaya was removed by the military in his pajamas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBanana republic — literally:\u003c\/strong\u003e The term \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banana_republic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebanana republic\u003c\/a\u003e\" was coined partly with Honduras in mind, where \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Fruit_Company\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnited Fruit Company\u003c\/a\u003e once controlled vast swaths of land, infrastructure, and political influence in the early 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tigra: the cloud forest above the capital:\u003c\/strong\u003e Just 22 km from Tegucigalpa sits \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Tigra_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLa Tigra National Park\u003c\/a\u003e, a cloud forest that supplies much of the capital's drinking water and contains the ruins of the San Juancito mine depicted on this note.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScarlet Macaw as national bird:\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scarlet_macaw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eScarlet Macaw\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAra macao\u003c\/em\u003e) is Honduras's national bird — once nearly extinct in the country, it has been successfully reintroduced in several protected areas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoffee powerhouse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Honduras is the \u003cstrong\u003elargest coffee exporter in Central America\u003c\/strong\u003e and among the top 10 globally, with high-altitude growing regions producing specialty beans increasingly sought by third-wave roasters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52573718642999,"sku":"HN103dU","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/103do_adab3516-2cb6-4842-a1a1-7f1400bac318.jpg?v=1782767727","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/honduras-p113-500-lempiras-2022-2024-w113-tbb-b357","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}