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1 Quetzal

Issuer Banco de Guatemala
Year 2008-2012
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Printer Oberthur Technologies (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO), France
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Obverse description The right half of the note is dominated by an intaglio portrait vignette of General José María Orellana in military uniform, rendered in dark green against a lighter green guilloche field, with an identification inscription below. The left half carries a large numeral "1" guilloche rosette in the centre, a quetzal bird vignette in multicolour at upper left, a pre-Columbian decorative motif underprint in red-brown, and a transparent hexagonal polymer window at left. Two facsimile signatures appear below the central vignette, attributed to the Gerente General and the Presidente of the bank.
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Reverse description The central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Banco de Guatemala headquarters building set against a peach-toned guilloche underprint, with mountain silhouettes and trees in the foreground. To the left, engravings of the Leyden Plate and a Mayan stela (Ara de Tikal) form a vertical panel over green guilloche work, while a circular medallion to the right of the building reproduces the Ara de Tikal disc motif. A transparent hexagonal polymer window appears at the far right, mirroring the obverse, with Mayan decorative elements in the lower corners.
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Variants P#115a - 12.03.2008 without small flag at lower left on front and lower right on back without portrait of Orellana in transparent window Printer: Oberthur Technologies, France
P#115b - 23.11.2011 with small flag at lower left on front and lower right on back without portrait of Orellana in transparent window Printer: Oberthur Fiduciaire, France
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