@Onofrio Bacigalupo : I like the cadence of your name. I find myself silently repeating it inside my head. It just sounds cool, that's all. (Don't worry. I might sound like - or even be - a lunatic, but I assure you I'm one of the harmless, friendly kind rather than the creepy, stalking kind.) Y'all may now resume the discussion, to which I sadly have nothing topical to add, not having done much with paper currency (attractive though it is). Maybe one day; who knows.
Bacigalupo -- "kiss of the wolf" isn't it? I only know this from John Irving's novel "Last Night in Twisted River."
My Guatemala banknote that I have had since I was a tween. It has seen a lot of circulation but is still presentable if a little limp. Has a date of 1900. "Banco De Occidente Quezaltenango". Had to find in the Krause volume for "specialized issues", not general issues for some reason.
