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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1895-1915 |
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| Currency | Peso (1881-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper. A central oval vignette contains an anchor and quetzal bird motif, flanked symmetrically by two steam locomotives in landscape vignettes. Guilloche underprint across the lower half carries a ribbon bearing the promise text, with the denomination CINCO PESOS in bold letterpress below. Portrait medallions of classical female busts appear at lower left and right corners. Date and place of issue are printed below the central vignette, with three manuscript signature lines for Directors and Gerente. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red-orange on white paper. The design is dominated by two large symmetrical rosette guilloche ornaments at left and right, framing a central panel with the bank name at top and denomination in two lines at centre. The border consists of repeated geometric fret patterns. The overall layout is typographic and ornamental with no pictorial vignettes. |
| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO DE CINCO PESOS GUATEMALA |
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