Honduran lempira
The lempira (ISO 4217 code: HNL) is the currency of Honduras. It was introduced in 1931, replacing the peso at par.
The exchange rate was two lempiras to the U.S. dollar in the late 1980s (a twenty-cent coin is called a daime as it used to be worth the same as a U.S. dime). By December 2004, the exchange rate had gone up to around 18.75 HNL to 1 USD. During 2005 it stabilized at 19 HNL to 1 USD
The lempira is named after the cacique Lempira of the Lenca tribe, a Native American leader who fought the Spaniards. He is a national hero, and is honored on both the one lempira bill (which is red) and on the 50 cent coin.
The capital of Gracias a Dios department, Puerto Lempira, is also named after him, as is the department of Lempira.
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