5 Pesos

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.