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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Occidente, Sucursal de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour note with a central intaglio vignette of a rural harvesting scene with figures carrying baskets in a tropical landscape, framed by intricate guilloche borders. The Guatemalan coat of arms appears in an oval medallion to the left, while a quetzal bird perches on a branch in the right panel; the denomination '100' is printed in each of the four corners. Two allegorical female figures in classical style are engraved at the lower left and lower right corners, with signature lines for 'Director' and 'Gerente' below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in dark blue, the reverse is composed of an elaborate all-over guilloche pattern with three large lathe-work rosettes arranged horizontally, the central one bearing the numeral '100' in bold relief. The bank name is inscribed across the centre reading 'BANCO DE OCCIDENTE' flanked by the rosettes, with 'EN QUEZALTENANGO' on a cartouche below. The entire design is enclosed within multiple concentric geometric and engine-turned borders. |
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Banco de Occidente was a Colombian-chartered institution operating branches in Central America during the late nineteenth century — an arrangement that now seems bizarre but was entirely ordinary in an era when nationally chartered foreign banks could legally issue currency in Guatemala. This note is denominated in pesos, not quetzales, placing it before Guatemala's 1925 monetary reform that finally unified the country under a single national currency.
The American Bank Note Company's involvement is notable mainly because their Guatemalan private bank work from this period is far less catalogued than their South American commissions. P#S187 survivors are scarce; the branch ceased local issuance well before the reform swept competing bank notes from circulation.