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5 Pesos Banco Americano de Guatemala
| Emittent | Banco Americano de Guatemala |
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| Jahr | 1919-1923 |
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| Größe | 190 × 104 mm |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Black intaglio engraving on cream paper, centered on a classical allegorical vignette of two female figures seated amid agricultural produce — including tropical fruits, cocoa pods, and a bird of prey in the foreground — with a harbour scene and steam-powered machinery visible in the background, evoking commerce and industry. Large guilloche-framed numeral "5" medallions anchor the left and right margins, with the series letter "C" printed in each upper corner alongside red serial numbers. Three manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion beneath the date and place of issue, with the printer's imprint of Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London at the foot. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | EL BANCO AMERICANO DE GUATEMALA PAGARA AL PORTADOR EN MONEDA EFECTIVA Y CORRIENTE SERIE C 5 CINCO PESOS MAYO 15 DE 1923 |
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Banco Americano de Guatemala was one of several private banks authorized to issue currency under Guatemala's 1874 banking law, a system that persisted well into the twentieth century despite repeated proposals for central bank consolidation. The American interest in the bank's name was not incidental — the institution had significant ties to foreign commercial capital during a period when United States businesses were aggressively expanding their footprint in Central America.
Waterlow & Sons printed for dozens of Latin American issuers simultaneously, and the S-series Pick numbering signals this is a private commercial bank note rather than a government issue — a distinction that mattered enormously during the monetary reforms that eventually ended Guatemala's free banking period in 1926 with the establishment of the Banco Central.