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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1895-1915 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE GUATEMALA PAGARÁ A PORTADOR EN MONEDA EFECTIVA CINCO 5 PESOS Guatemala DIRECTORES GERENTE COMPAÑÍA SUDAMERICANA DE BILLETES DE BANCO |
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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO DE CINCO PESOS GUATEMALA |
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The Compañía Sudamericana de Billetes de Banco, operating out of Buenos Aires, supplied banknote printing services to several Central and South American issuers around the turn of the century — a regional alternative to the dominant European security printers. Guatemala's engagement with them places this note in a commercially pragmatic tradition, routing a contract to a firm closer to home than Bradbury Wilkinson or the American Bank Note Company.
The twenty-year issuance window suggests multiple series or date varieties exist within this Pick number, and distinguishing them requires close attention to the handwritten or typeset date fields.