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1 Peso

Issuer Banco Internacional de Guatemala
Year 1900-1916
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Printer Waterlow & Sons Limited
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Obverse description Black intaglio print on white paper with a fine guilloche border running the full perimeter. The central vignette presents a heraldic composition of sailing ships, crossed flags including the Guatemalan national flag and the United States flag, and a circular bank seal inscribed BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA, flanked at left and right by quatrefoil ornamental panels bearing the numeral 1. The bank title EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA runs across the top in bold letterpress, with the date, series number, place of issue, and three manuscript director and manager signatures arranged across the lower portion.
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Reverse description Printed entirely in rust-red on white paper by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London. The design consists of an elaborate all-over guilloche lattice pattern composed of interlocking quatrefoil and rosette panels, each containing a stylized monogram or ornamental device, with the denomination numeral 1 repeated in the corner panels. A horizontal cartouche at centre bears the bank name EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA in white reserve lettering. The printer's imprint appears twice in small type at the lower margin.
Reverse lettering EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA
Waterlow & Sons Limited, Londres September
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