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Unlisted Namasigüe 50 Centavos 1907, Rulau and Kennedy, plus all others, appear to have been unaware of this politically interesting issue. Flan was apparently prepared by unidentified "M.A.S. y Cia" on a grinding machine after circularly honing off the design of some CuNi "host coin" (Dana speculated it might have been a Nicaragua 5 Centavos 1898 / 1899 or Honduras ¼ Real 1869 /1870). On one side, in the center, was incused "50 Cts" while the center of the opposite side received "1907". On that side in its periphery is the town and company's name. No other numismatic issues are recorded for this small town that is located on the Southern and Western corner of Honduras in Choluteca department near the Nicaraguan border, about as far away from the major towns of San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba as is possible, and also well south of Tegucigalpa. The town seems to be famous for one thing, and one thing only. On March 18 of that year of 1907, a battle was fought between invading Nicaraguan forces sent by its powerful president Jose Santos Zelaya against outmanned Honduran defenders. Featuring machine guns for the first time on Central American soil, long before the drug cartels got their hands on such devices of death, the defeat caused Honduras to even have its capital city of Tegucigalpa overrun by the invaders. This conflict led to civil war in the area, involving El Salvador as well, spanning from later in 1907 until at least 1911 and arguably until 1925, which even involved the USA Marines. Quality might be judged Very Fine. Of all Central American tokens owned or known to Dana, this was certainly among his favorites. It remains unique to the best of our knowledge. From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 300-600 USD
Unlisted Namasigüe 50 Centavos 1907, Rulau and Kennedy, plus all others, appear to have been unaware of this politically interesting issue. Flan was apparently prepared by unidentified "M.A.S. y Cia" on a grinding machine after circularly honing off the design of some CuNi "host coin" (Dana speculated it might have been a Nicaragua 5 Centavos 1898 / 1899 or Honduras ¼ Real 1869 /1870). On one side, in the center, was incused "50 Cts" while the center of the opposite side received "1907". On that side in its periphery is the town and company's name. No other numismatic issues are recorded for this small town that is located on the Southern and Western corner of Honduras in Choluteca department near the Nicaraguan border, about as far away from the major towns of San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba as is possible, and also well south of Tegucigalpa. The town seems to be famous for one thing, and one thing only. On March 18 of that year of 1907, a battle was fought between invading Nicaraguan forces sent by its powerful president Jose Santos Zelaya against outmanned Honduran defenders. Featuring machine guns for the first time on Central American soil, long before the drug cartels got their hands on such devices of death, the defeat caused Honduras to even have its capital city of Tegucigalpa overrun by the invaders. This conflict led to civil war in the area, involving El Salvador as well, spanning from later in 1907 until at least 1911 and arguably until 1925, which even involved the USA Marines. Quality might be judged Very Fine. Of all Central American tokens owned or known to Dana, this was certainly among his favorites. It remains unique to the best of our knowledge. From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 300-600 USD