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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Occidental |
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| Year | 1907-1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE SALVADOR EL BANCO OCCIDENTAL UN PESO EN MONEDA EFECTIVA NOVIEMBRE DE San Salvador GERENTE DIRECTOR CAJERO AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK |
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| Reverse lettering | TOMOSE RAZON EL BANCO OCCIDENTAL UN PESO REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK |
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Banco Occidental was one of several Honduran private banks of issue operating under the 1889 banking law, which granted concessions to regional institutions rather than establishing a single central authority. The arrangement persisted until the early 1920s when the Honduran government began consolidating and eventually revoking private note-issuing privileges — making the entire output of these banks finite by design.
American Bank Note Company production for Central American clients during this period is generally well-executed, and surviving examples from this series occasionally show minor ink oxidation along the face printing, a known characteristic of some ABNC runs on thinner cotton stocks from this decade.