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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala, Sucursal de Quezaltenango |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Printer | Compañía Internacional de Billetes de Banco |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on light paper. At centre, an oval vignette presents a quetzal bird perched on an anchor, flanked symmetrically by two steam locomotives in motion against a landscape; the bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' is set in large letters across the upper field, with 'SUCURSAL QUEZALTENANGO' inscribed in a banner above. The denomination 'UN PESO' occupies a panel at the lower centre, below which appear the manuscript date and three facsimile signatures over the caption 'DIRECTORES'. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red. The face is structured around elaborate guilloche rosette underprints at left and right, each overlaid with the numeral '1'. 'QUEZALTENANGO' appears in a bold panel across the top, preceded above by 'SUCURS.', while 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' is set in a corresponding panel at the foot. The denomination 'UN PESO' is inscribed in two lines at centre. |
| Reverse lettering | SUCURS. QUEZALTENANGO UN PESO DEL BANCO DE GUATEMALA Compañía Internacional de Billetes de Banco |
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