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1 Quetzal Pedro Betancourt
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Quetzal (1925-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Guatemala occupies the central field, depicting a quetzal bird perched atop a scroll inscribed LIBERTAD 15 DE SETIEMBRE DE 1821, flanked by crossed rifles and sabres below and framed by two laurel branches. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA arcs across the upper periphery, with two raised dots as separators on either side. The date of canonization 30 DE JULIO DE 2002 is inscribed along the lower rim. The design is rendered in high-relief proof finish against a deeply mirrored field. |
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| Reverse lettering | CANONIZACION DEL HERMANO PEDRO UN QUETZAL (Translation: Canonization of Brother Pedro / One Quetzal) |
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Pedro Betancourt was a Cuban-born Franciscan lay brother who spent most of his adult life in Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, founding hospitals and welfare institutions for the poor in the 1650s and 60s. He was beatified in 1980 and canonized by John Paul II in 2002 — the same year this coin was issued, directly marking the canonization event. Guatemala claimed him as its own patron saint despite his Cuban birth, a tension that quietly persisted through the canonization process.