SANT PERE SULA
the ticket of 200 lempiras, Which began circulating yesterday, will facilitate transactions for the exchange of goods and services, economists agree.
the ticket It has different security measures, including: a state-of-the-art dynamic security thread with 3D effects -which has been implemented for the first time worldwide-, optically variable ink that changes color when tilting , watermark, perfect registration, embossing, fluorescent ink and bars for the blind.
As of yesterday, the ticket began circulating in the windows of banking agencies, Shops and between exchangers. Meanwhile, the Honduran bank is moving forward so that by the end of this month all country ATMs have the option to withdraw the L200 denomination.
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Characteristics – Representing the thematic axis of education, on the obverse of the ticket are children standing on an open book, watching the flag wave. – It includes the image of the first Government House in the province of Honduras, where the Independence Sheets were received in 1821. – On the reverse is the axis of conservation of the environment, with red Guaras in flight and a view of the Biosphere of the Banana River. |
At present 52,768.5 million lempiras circulate and the entrance of the new ticket will not modify the sum, since as the new units of L200 enter circulation, the BCH will be removing other tickets of other denominations that are damaged or they are not fit for circulation.
“Obviously the issuance of this new ticket would not have to have any impact on the inflationary element,” said Julio Raudales, teacher and former president of the Honduran College of Economists (AIX)).
He added that “what will happen then is that the 200 lempiras banknote replaced banknotes of other denominations than the BCH already withdrew from the market to put into circulation the amount announced (30 million units of 200 lempiras) “.
Dojo stressed that approximately in the last 15 years the inflation level has not exceeded 5%. “Economic impact beyond the possibility of inflation was not there and all we expect is that the ticket will facilitate transactions between people.”
A similar criterion was shared by economist Alejandro Aronne, who argued that the 200 lempiras banknote would facilitate transactions. “The 200 lempiras note has nothing to do with the depreciation of the currency, what there is is an effect of substituting the use of the 100 lempiras note for the 200 lempiras note.”
The interviewee added that “a new denomination comes to facilitate and simplify the exchange of goods and services; it means that if you were to make a purchase of 1,000 lempiras, you had to bring 10 tickets of 100, now you will do so with 5 200 “tickets. In his view, the above “is convenient and natural, because the same need, the same companies notice that their transactions become very complicated when using either 100 or 50 note to make a cash payment” .
In past statements, Carlos Espinoza, Vice President of the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH), Explained that “this new denomination of L200, will facilitate transactions for the purchase of goods and services of daily use such as transport, telephony, food and others.”
Security measures
The 200 ticket features a dynamic security thread that has two different 3D effects. Each window of the safety thread has an individual design when tilting the ticket in the upper window a campaign appears that disappears and becomes the number 200. In the center the parchment and the pen are shown in relief on the surface in 3D , while in the lower window the number 200 is changed to a bell.
In addition, the paper contains safety fibrils scattered randomly across the surface of the ticket, and a watermark, which when viewed backlit shows the date of declaration of independence of Honduras on a pen parchment.
Additionally, with the use of a magnifying glass the inverse and reverse can be appreciated the microtexts integrated in several places of the ticket.
Another feature is the perfect register, that is, part of the text 200 BCH is printed on both sides and looking at them in the glare two figures match perfectly.
It also has inclusive measures for the blind, with ticket information, embossing and bars at both ends in Braille.
Additionally, among its physical characteristics, the ticket has optically variable ink that allows you to see how the number 200 changes from green to blue when tilting. Under exposure to ultraviolet light, the block, the map of Honduras, the numbering and the complementary elements become visible.
Before yesterday, authorities of the Central Bank they launched the mobile app BCH Lempiras, in which it is possible to be known in detail on the ticket of 200 lempiras. Through this platform, available for Android and iOS devices, the user will be able to appreciate the design and security measures in the third dimension.
The president of the BCH, Wilfredo Cerrato Rodríguez, stressed that the 200 lempiras ticket is the first in the world to have a dynamic security thread. “I’m not saying it will be the only ticket, because from now on the other ticket developments will contain this security measure, but we can say that we are the first with this measure. We are proud of that.”