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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Tesorería Nacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with a symmetrical guilloche design composed of three large interlocking rosettes arranged horizontally, the central one overlaid with a bold geometric star pattern. The denomination numeral 5 appears in the left and right rosettes, with the word CINCO printed vertically on the outer borders. The inscriptions LA TESORERIA NACIONAL and DE GUATEMALA appear at the top and bottom respectively, enclosed within an ornate floral and scroll border. |
| Reverse lettering | LA TESORERIA NACIONAL DE GUATEMALA CINCO 5 |
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Guatemala's Tesorería Nacional — the national treasury, not a central bank — issued paper money directly in this period, an arrangement that reflected the country's underdeveloped financial infrastructure rather than any formal monetary policy. The American Bank Note Company held a near-monopoly on Latin American government securities printing through the late nineteenth century, and Guatemalan notes of this era were produced in New York and shipped south, sometimes months before their official issue dates.
The 1882 series predates the establishment of the Banco de Guatemala by decades. Peg instability against silver and the early tremors of the coffee-boom economy made these treasury notes functionally unreliable almost from issue.