Honduran lempira currently in circulation are The Bank of Honduras and the Banco Atlantida issued the first lempira banknotes in 1932. They were in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 lempiras. The Central Bank of Honduras took over production of paper money in 1950, introducing 50 and 100 lempiras notes in 1950, followed by the 500-lempiras note in 1995. In January, 2010, a new 20-lempira note was introduced to market made by a polymer base, 60 million notes were issued. Banknotes in circulation are Honduran lempira The lempira (, sign: L, ISO 4217 code: HNL) is the currency of Honduras.
Monetary base Monetary base In economics, the monetary base (also base money, money base, high-powered money, reserve money, outside money, central bank money or, in the UK, narrow money) in a country is defined as the portion of a commercial bank's reserves that consist of the commercial bank's accounts with its central bank plus the total currency circulating in the public, plus the currency, also known as "vault cash", that is physically held in the bank's vault. The monetary base should not be confused with the money supply which consists of the total currency circulating in the public plus the non-bank deposits