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50 Centavos Banco de Occidente en Quezaltenango
| Issuer | Banco de Occidente en Quezaltenango |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on a green and red underprint, with red serial numbers. At the left margin, an allegorical female figure of Liberty in classical dress wears a Phrygian cap and holds a laurel wreath; at the right margin, a vignette shows women engaged in field harvesting. The central design element is a quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) rendered in fine engraving, flanked by the bank's title and denomination text. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE OCCIDENTE QUEZALTENANGO REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA 15 de Agosto de 1900 Pagará á la vista el portador CINCUENTA CENTAVOS en moneda efectiva (Translation: The Bank of the West Quezaltenango Republic of Guatemala 15 August 1900 Will pay on sight to the bearer Fifty Cents in coin.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is framed by an elaborate guilloche border of interlaced floral and scroll motifs. The central circular vignette presents the Guatemalan coat of arms, with a quetzal perched above a scroll inscribed LIBERTAD / 15 / DE SET. / DE 1821, flanked by upright rifles and laurel branches. The bank name arcs around the central vignette, denomination numerals appear within ornate cartouches at left and right, and the printer's imprint — Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London Wall, London — is placed at the lower margin. |
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