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 authority much as a de facto control over monetary policy if they are allowed to influence or control their central bank. Commonly, there is one monetary authority for one country with its currency. However, there are also other arrangements in place, such as in the case of the eurozone where the so-called Eurosystem, consisting of the European Central Bank and the 19 European Union member states that have adopted the euro as their sole official currency, is the monetary authority covering the eurozone. There are other arrangements, for example democratic governance of monetary policy, a currency board which restricts currency issuance