Catalog
100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA 100 CIEN PESOS Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva Guatemala, Septiembre 1 de 1909 DIRECTORES DE TURNO GERENTE BANCO INTERNACIONAL GUATEMALA |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue, brown, and grey, composed entirely of intricate lathe-work guilloche patterns radiating concentrically from a central medallion bearing the numeral '100' in bold serif type. Three denomination counters repeat the value '100' at left, centre, and right within ornate cartouches, all enclosed by a continuous engine-turned border with foliate corner ornaments. The imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York, appears in small type at the lower centre. |
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Banco Internacional de Guatemala was one of several private commercial banks operating under Guatemala's 1874 banking law, which permitted note-issuing rights to chartered institutions at a time when the country had no central bank. The American Bank Note Company produced paper for most of these Guatemalan private banks, and the plates were typically engraved to a high standard — ABNC's Guatemala work from this period is generally considered among the finer examples of their Latin American output.
The 100 Pesos denomination for a private Guatemalan bank from 1909 is a high-face-value note issued just years before the government moved to consolidate and eventually nationalize note-issuing authority. Surviving examples are scarce — large denominations from provincial private issuers rarely saw wide circulation and were often redeemed and destroyed.