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10 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1983-1988 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General Miguel García Granados at right, rendered in red-brown tones against a stepped pyramid vignette; a resplendent quetzal bird appears in green at upper left alongside a Mayan glyph panel in the centre. The denomination numeral '10' and text 'DIEZ QUETZALES' are printed in the central guilloche medallion, with three facsimile signature lines below and the authorization date along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette illustrates the session of the National Legislative Assembly of 1872, rendered in fine line engraving with assembled delegates in a colonnaded chamber; a Mayan deity glyph panel in polychrome occupies the right portion of the design. The issuer name appears in the upper border and the denomination legend runs along the lower margin, with the printer's imprint at the bottom left. |
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| Protection description | a quetzal bird visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the paper. |
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