Katalog
| Emittent | Banco Comercial de Guatemala |
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| Jahr | 1892-1894 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | P#S131 |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE GUATEMALA Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva UN PESO Directores Gerente |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is printed in a single dark brown tone with an elaborate symmetrical guilloche pattern filling the entire field. A central oval cartouche carries the inscriptions 'BANCO COMERCIAL / UN PESO / DE GUATEMALA' in bold lettering, flanked on both sides by large numeral '1' counters within ornate scroll-work borders. The overall design conveys a dense, engine-turned geometric composition typical of late nineteenth-century security printing. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Compañía Internacional de Billetes de Banco was a Buenos Aires-based security printer active in the 1890s that supplied several Latin American private banks during a period when domestic printing infrastructure was either nonexistent or distrusted. Guatemala's private banking sector in this decade operated under a concession system — the Banco Comercial was one of a handful of institutions licensed to issue currency, a privilege that ended when the government progressively consolidated note-issuing authority in the early twentieth century.
The Argentine printing origin is frequently overlooked. Buenos Aires was a legitimate regional hub for banknote production at this time, not a proxy for European firms.