Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Tesorería Nacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1882 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LA TESORERÍA NACIONAL DE GUATEMALA UN PESO PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR EL CONTADOR EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA EL TESORERO NACIONAL |
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| Reverse lettering | LA TESORERÍA NACIONAL DE GUATEMALA UN PESO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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The Tesorería Nacional — the national treasury, not a central bank — issued directly in Guatemala during a period when no formal banking institution held a monopoly on paper currency. The 1882 series predates the establishment of the Banco de Guatemala and reflects a transitional moment when the state itself served as issuer of last resort. ABNC engraved and printed the notes in New York, a common arrangement for Latin American governments that lacked domestic intaglio capacity.
Pick 4 is genuinely scarce. Treasury-issued notes from this period circulated hard in a cash-starved economy and few survived in any condition.