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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by ornate letterpress typography at upper centre reading 'El Banco Comercial de Guatemala' in large decorative script, with the denomination 'CINCO PESOS' in bold block letters across the centre. To the left, a classical allegorical vignette rendered in fine intaglio depicts a seated female figure amid foliage. The note bears a handwritten date 'Guatemala, Enero 31 de 1892' at lower centre, with manuscript director and gerente signatures below, and a serial number in the upper right corner. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed entirely in a single dark tone, with an elaborate guilloche lathe-work border framing the entire field. At centre, an oval medallion within dense geometric underprint bears the inscriptions 'BANCO COMERCIAL' and 'CINCO PESOS' and 'DE GUATEMALA', flanked on both sides by large numeral '5' counters set within intricate engine-turned rosette panels. The word 'CINCO' appears in a repeating microtext band along the top and bottom margins. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO COMERCIAL CINCO PESOS DE GUATEMALA CINCO |
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