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1 Peso Banco de Occidente en Quezaltenango
| Issuer | Banco de Occidente en Quezaltenango |
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| Year | 1880-1914 |
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| Currency | Peso, decimalized (1869-1925) |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco 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 description | Green guilloche network over a pale yellow underprint. The issuer title is split between the upper and lower centre registers, with the denomination numeral repeated in all four corners. The printer's imprint appears at the top margin. |
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The Banco de Occidente en Quezaltenango was one of several private regional banks operating in Guatemala before the government of Manuel Estrada Cabrera moved to nationalize and consolidate the country's banking system in the early twentieth century. The bank's base in Quezaltenango — Guatemala's second city and the commercial hub of the western highlands — gave it a distinct regional identity separate from the capital-based institutions that eventually absorbed it.
The American Bank Note Company produced this series across a span of decades, which accounts for the wide date range. Notes from the earlier issues within that window tend to be significantly scarcer than later printings.