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10 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Occidental |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Currency | Colón (1920-1986) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue intaglio engraving on a light guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of two allegorical figures in classical robes seated beside a large wheel, rendered in fine line engraving within an oval frame. The bank title BANCO OCCIDENTAL arcs across the upper portion, with the denomination DIEZ COLONES EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE ORO in a panel at the bottom center; the place of issue SAN SALVADOR and date 1o de Septiembre de 1925 appear in the lower corners. Numeral 10 counters occupy each corner, with serial number and SERIE fields flanking the central vignette, and SPECIMEN overprints visible in red at both sides. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO OCCIDENTAL 10 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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Banco Occidental was one of several Guatemalan private banks authorized to issue currency under the country's pre-1926 banking law. That framework collapsed almost immediately after this note was printed — the Banco Central de Guatemala was established in 1926, absorbing or displacing the private issuers and rendering notes like this one obsolete within a year of printing.
ABNC produced the plates in New York, a standard arrangement for Central American private banks of the period who lacked access to domestic security printing. The P#196 series is scarce; Banco Occidental had a smaller circulation footprint than contemporaries like Banco de Guatemala, and surviving issued examples are genuinely difficult to locate.