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1 Peso El Banco Internacional de Guatemala
| Issuer | El Banco Internacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1900-1920 |
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| Currency | Peso, decimalized (1869-1925) |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco Internacional de Guatemala pagará al portador en moneda efectiva Un Peso |
| Reverse description | Entirely printed in red, the reverse presents an elaborate guilloche border with a scalloped outer frame enclosing a repeating geometric underprint pattern. A central horizontal panel bears the bank name in bold serif lettering, flanked above and below by ornate rosette medallions incorporating a stylized monogram. The overall design relies entirely on intricate lathe-work for its decorative effect. |
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El Banco Internacional de Guatemala was one of several private banks of issue operating under Guatemala's 1874 banking law, which allowed chartered institutions to circulate their own notes alongside — and often in competition with — government-issued currency. The bank struggled through the Estrada Cabrera years, a period when political favoritism heavily skewed which private banks received government deposits and customs revenue concessions, effectively determining which survived.
Pick S153 falls in the "S" private/provincial series, meaning documentation on exact print runs and contracting printers remains incomplete in most standard references. Attribution to a specific security printer for this issue is not firmly established in the literature.