0.50 Quetzal / 50 Centavos Banco de Guatemala, 1st. type

Issuer Guatemala
Year 1948-1958
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 Centavos (0.50 GTQ)
Currency Quetzal (1925-date)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#23 35
Obverse description Brown on multicolor underprint. Hermitage of Cerro del Carmen at left; Quetzal bird in flight above denomination at center right. Red serial numbers.
Obverse lettering BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA Q 0.50 CINCUENTA CENTAVOS DE QUETZAL Autorización de 22 Enero 1958
(Translation: Bank of Guatemala Guatemala, Central America Fifty Centavos of Quetzal Authorization of January 22th., 1958)
Reverse description Brown print. Two men in traditional costumes with water jugs looking at houses and church in Chichicastenango landscape.
Reverse lettering BANCO DE GUATEMALA 1/2 Q 0.50 PAISAJE DE CHICHICASTENANGO Q 0.50 CINCUENTA CENTAVOS DE QUETZAL
(Translation: Bank of Guatemala Chichicastenango landscape Fifty Centavos of Quetzal)
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Numisquare ID 6121925020
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