Catalog
25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1907-1916 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper with a fine guilloche border frame. The bank title EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA is set in bold letterpress at the top, with the denomination numeral 25 in ornate counters at upper right and lower left. A central vignette at right shows a sailing ship with flags and the circular bank seal, flanked by the handwritten promise to pay text in Spanish script. The date line reads GUATEMALA, 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 1916, with spaces for DIRECTORES and GERENTE signatures below, and serial numbers printed vertically in red at both side margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva VEINTE Y CINCO PESOS GUATEMALA, 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 1916 DIRECTORES GERENTE Serie 25 |
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The Banco Internacional de Guatemala was one of several private commercial banks granted note-issuing privileges under Guatemala's banking law of 1874, a concession arrangement that persisted until the Guatemalan government moved to consolidate monetary control — a process that eventually rendered all private bank issues obsolete by the early 1920s. The International, as it was commonly known, maintained close ties to German mercantile interests in the country, which made its position increasingly awkward after 1914.
ABNC handled the full run. The company's Guatemala City agent would have managed distribution, with notes signed and countersigned locally before release — meaning unsigned remainders from this series exist and are worth distinguishing from issued examples.