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1 Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1983-1989 |
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| Value | 1 Quetzal (1 GTQ) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Banco de Guatemala headquarters building in fine intaglio line engraving, its modernist facade ornamented with Maya-inspired relief panels, captioned 'EDIFICIO DEL BANCO DE GUATEMALA' below. A ceiba tree motif rendered in orange-brown tones occupies the left field against a teal guilloche underprint, while a Mayan deity figure fills the right border panel. The printer's imprint 'GIESECKE & DEVRIENT MUNICH' appears at lower left, with the denomination legend 'UN QUETZAL' in bold letterpress below the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
The P#66 series ran through much of the 1980s, a period when Guatemala was cycling through military juntas and transitional governments at a pace that made consistent monetary policy difficult. The Banco de Guatemala kept this low denomination deliberately stable in design across the print run — changes overhead didn't always filter down to the smaller notes.
Giesecke & Devrient had held printing contracts with Guatemala for decades by this point, and the Munich relationship was well-established. Watermark security on a 1 Quetzal was modest but adequate given the note's limited purchasing power by the late 1980s, when inflation was eroding the lower denominations faster than they could be reissued.