The lempira (/lɛmˈpɪrə/, sign: L, ISO 4217 code: HNL;Spanish pronunciation: [lemˈpiɾa]) is the currency of Honduras.

[2] The lempira was named after the 16th-century cacique Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renowned in Honduran folklore for leading the local native resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces.

In the late 1980s, the exchange rate was two lempiras to the United States dollar (the 20-centavos coin is called a daime as it was worth the same as a U.S. dime).

The Bank of Honduras and the Banco Atlantida issued the first lempira banknotes in 1932.

[5] In celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Honduras's independence, a new 200 lempira bill was issued.