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1 Quetzal Magnetic
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2013-2022 |
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| Weight | 6.4 g |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a stylized dove in flight, rendered in a modernist artistic style, symbolizing peace. The word PAZ (Peace) appears prominently within the design. The circumferential legend PAZ FIRME Y DURADERA arcs along the upper rim, commemorating the signing of the peace accords that ended Guatemala's civil war. The denomination 1 QUETZAL is inscribed in the lower field, with the commemorative date 29 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1996 referencing the date of the peace agreement. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guatemala's shift to brass-plated steel for this denomination was driven by the same cost-cutting logic that swept through Latin American mints in the 2000s and 2010s — base metal prices had made traditional alloy coinage economically indefensible at face value. The magnetic core allows automated sorting in commercial cash handling, a practical necessity for a coin this size in high-volume retail circulation.
KM#284a distinguishes the steel-core issue from its predecessor. The "a" suffix is the tell.