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25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1907-1916 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva VEINTE Y CINCO PESOS GUATEMALA, 2 DE OCTUBRE DE 1916 DIRECTORES GERENTE Serie 25 |
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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE GUATEMALA VEINTE Y CINCO PESOS |
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The Banco Internacional de Guatemala was one of several private commercial banks granted note-issuing privileges under Guatemala's banking law of 1874, a concession arrangement that persisted until the Guatemalan government moved to consolidate monetary control — a process that eventually rendered all private bank issues obsolete by the early 1920s. The International, as it was commonly known, maintained close ties to German mercantile interests in the country, which made its position increasingly awkward after 1914.
ABNC handled the full run. The company's Guatemala City agent would have managed distribution, with notes signed and countersigned locally before release — meaning unsigned remainders from this series exist and are worth distinguishing from issued examples.