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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and black intaglio-printed note with the bank title 'EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA' arched across the upper portion in bold letterpress. A central vignette presents the bank's circular seal flanked by the Guatemalan national flag and the flag of the United States, with sailing ships visible in the background, all within an elaborate guilloche surround. The denomination '100' appears in numeral counters at upper left and right, with the written value 'CIEN PESOS' in a panel below the central vignette, and a bearer clause reading 'Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva' above the date line 'Guatemala, Septiembre 1 de 1909'. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK |
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Banco Internacional de Guatemala was one of several private commercial banks operating under Guatemala's 1874 banking law, which permitted note-issuing rights to chartered institutions at a time when the country had no central bank. The American Bank Note Company produced paper for most of these Guatemalan private banks, and the plates were typically engraved to a high standard — ABNC's Guatemala work from this period is generally considered among the finer examples of their Latin American output.
The 100 Pesos denomination for a private Guatemalan bank from 1909 is a high-face-value note issued just years before the government moved to consolidate and eventually nationalize note-issuing authority. Surviving examples are scarce — large denominations from provincial private issuers rarely saw wide circulation and were often redeemed and destroyed.