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1 Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General José María Orellana in military uniform occupies the right portion of the note, with the serial number B6301527M printed in green below. To the left, a large numeral '1' vignette in purple is set against a multicolour guilloche underprint, with a quetzal bird in green at upper centre. The bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' and 'GUATEMALA CENTRO AMERICA' are inscribed across the top, with 'UN QUETZAL' in bold lettering below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA UN QUETZAL PLACA DE LEYDEN ERA DE TIKAL 1 |
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P#80 is a transitional issue — by 1992, Banco de Guatemala was cycling through multiple security printers for the Quetzal series, which accounts for the unusual attribution to three separate firms: CBN, Harrison & Sons, and Oberthur. Whether these represent distinct print runs, a split contract, or consecutive production years within the same Pick number has not been definitively settled in the literature.
Harrison's High Wycombe facility closed in 1997, making this one of the later Guatemalan commissions the firm would fulfill before winding down its banknote operation entirely.