1992 GOLD HONDURAS 500 LEMPIRAS GENERAL FRANCISCO MORAZAN COIN NGC PROOF 69 UC |
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1992 GOLD HONDURAS 500 LEMPIRAS CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO KM # 87 OBV: NATIONAL EMBLEM (TRIANGULAR EMBLEM OF THE UNITED PROVINCES OF CENTRAL AMERICA) WITHIN CIRCULAR BAND WITH LEGEND SIX POINTED STAR AT BOTTOM; DATE BENEATH. REV: PORTRAIT BUST OF MORAZÁN LEFT; DENOMINATION BELOW. CONTAINS 12.5 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.3617 OZ ACTUAL GOLD WEIGHT) 26 MM IN DIAMETER ONLY 1,500 MINTED GENERAL FRANCSICO MORAZÁN (1792-1842) WAS A HONDURAN MILITARY MAN AND POLITICIAN WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AMERICA. HE WAS A VISIONARY THAT TRIED TO TRANSFORM ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA INTO A PROGRESSIVE SINGLE NATION. HIS LIBERAL REFORMS INCLUDED FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION. IN THE END, HE SAW THE FRAGMENTATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE REPUBLIC INTO SMALLER STATES AND HE WAS CAPTURED AND EXECUTED BY HIS ENEMIES. HE DOMINATED THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL SCENE OF CENTRAL AMERICA UNTIL HIS DEATH. CUBAN NATIONAL HERO JOSÉ MARTÍ (1853-1895), WROTE THAT MORAZÁN WAS "A POWERFUL GENIUS, A STRATEGIST, A SPEAKER, A TRUE STATESMAN, PERHAPS THE ONLY ONE CENTRAL AMERICA HAS EVER PRODUCED." | ||||||||||
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