500 Pesos

Emittente	El Banco de Guatemala
Anno	1915-1926
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Stampatore	Compañía Internacional de Billetes de Banco, Nueva York
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Descrizione del dritto	Dark blue-black intaglio print on light paper, with a large pale-blue QUINIENTOS underprint across the lower portion. The upper half centres on an oval vignette of the Guatemalan coat of arms flanked by two steam locomotives in full profile, all set within an elaborate guilloche border; female allegorical portrait vignettes occupy the lower left and right corners. Serial numbers in red appear at both sides, while a manuscript date and three handwritten signatures of bank officials are placed across the lower margin beneath the denomination inscription.
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Legenda del rovescio	EL BANCO DE GUATEMALA 500 Compañía Internacional de Billetes de Banco, Nueva York
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Commenti	El Banco de Guatemala was a private commercial bank that held the concession to issue currency in Guatemala during the Liberal period — a familiar arrangement across Central America at the time, where note-issuing rights were granted rather than state-held. The Compañía Internacional de Billetes de Banco was the Spanish-language identity under which the American Bank Note Company marketed itself to Latin American clients, and the plates it produced for this series reflect that firm's characteristic high-intaglio quality. The 500 Pesos denomination would have represented a significant sum in daily Guatemalan commerce, making this effectively a clearing instrument between institutions rather than a note seen in ordinary hands. Guatemala's transition to a state central bank — the Banco Central de Guatemala, established in 1926 — marks the close of this series' issue window and the end of private note-issuing concessions in the country.