1 Peso Banco de Occidente en Quezaltenango

€454,593.00
IssuerGuatemala
Year1880-1914
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value1 Peso
CurrencyPeso, decimalized (1869-1925)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 80 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#S173
Obverse descriptionBlack printing on multicolor underprint. Allegorical woman `Commerce` & `Agriculture` seated to the left. Guatemalan coat of arms on left, overprinted quetzal bird on right. Issuer name on top, face value in letters on top left and center, in number and letters on lower left and right. Red serial #s, 7 digits on left and right center. Issuing place and date above center. 3 black signatures, 2 of them with titles below. Printer name on bottom.
Reverse descriptionGreen guilloches over pale yellow underprint. Issuer name divided on top ad lower center, face value in number, on all four corners. Printer name on top
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Obverse letteringBanco de Occidente EN QUEZALTENANGO UNO Quezaltenango 1° de Agosto de 1914 REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA LIBERTAD 15 DE SET. DE 1821. 1278126 Pagará al portador UN PESO en moneda efectiva Y Á LA PRESENTACION 1 UNO 1 PESO 1 DIRECTOR JERENTE American Bank Note Co. New York
(Translation: Bank of Occident at Quezaltenango Quezaltenango, August 1st., 1914 Republic of Guatemala, Liberty September 15th., 1821 Will pay to bearer one Peso in cash money and on presentation. Director, Manager)
Reverse letteringAmerican Bank Note Co. New York 1 BANCO DE OCCIDENTE EN QUEZALTENANGO
(Translation: Bank of Occident at Quezaltenengo)
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Catalog ID1462757310
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