Catalog
25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1917-1925 |
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| Value | 25 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue-black intaglio print on white cotton paper, with the bank title EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA in bold arched lettering across the top. To the right, a central vignette shows a heraldic composition of crossed flags — including the American and Guatemalan banners — surrounding a circular bank seal, with sailing ships in the background. The denomination numeral 25 appears in guilloche-framed counters at upper right and lower left, with the promise text Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva and VEINTE Y CINCO PESOS in decorative letterpress across the centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva VEINTE Y CINCO PESOS GUATEMALA SERIE DIRECTORES DE TURNO GERENTE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Banco Internacional de Guatemala operated as one of several private note-issuing banks that Guatemala permitted to circulate currency before the government moved to consolidate issuance under the Banco Central in 1926. This note falls squarely in the transitional period when that consolidation was being debated and legislated, meaning later dates in the 1917–1925 range were likely among the last the Internacional was authorized to print.
ABNC produced the plates in New York under their standard contract arrangement with Central American banks — engraved intaglio on cotton stock, with serial numbering and date completion sometimes handled separately upon delivery to Guatemala City.