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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Comite Bancario de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Currency | Peso (1859-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue, with an elaborate guilloche network covering the entire surface and the denomination 'CINCO PESOS' in large bold letters at both the top and bottom margins. A central rectangular panel bearing the issuer's name is enclosed within an ornate geometric border, itself surrounded by repeating rosette and chain-link guilloche elements. The numeral '5' occupies each corner within circular ornamental frames. |
| Reverse lettering | CINCO PESOS 5 COMITE BANCARIO DE GUATEMALA CINCO CINCO PESOS |
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The Comité Bancario de Guatemala was not a central bank in any conventional sense — it was a clearing arrangement among the country's private commercial banks, formed in the 1890s to coordinate note issuance during a period when Guatemala had no unified currency authority. These 5 Pesos notes were among the instruments that arrangement produced, printed by ABNC in New York on contract.
Guatemala abandoned the Peso for the gold-standard Quetzal in 1925, and most earlier paper was retired and destroyed in the changeover. The S-prefix Pick designation flags this as a private banking issue rather than a state emission.