Catalog
0.50 Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Size | 156 × 68 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA CINCUENTA CENTAVOS DE QUETZAL Q0.50 (Translation: Bank of Guatemala Fifty Centavos of a Quetzal 0.50 Quetzal) |
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| Protection description | Quetzal bird watermark, visible when held to light. |
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| Comments |
Harrison & Sons closed in 1997, the year after this note was printed — the firm had been producing banknotes and stamps since the Victorian era, and Guatemala was among its last active clients. The contract work for Banco de Guatemala continued right up to the end, with no successor printer inheriting the relationship; subsequent Guatemalan issues moved to other security printers.
Pick 96 belongs to a long-running quetzal series that saw relatively few design revisions across the 1980s and 1990s, making printer attribution the more significant distinguishing detail for this particular date.