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10 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2006-2007 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA DIEZ QUETZALES SESIÓN DE LA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL CONSTITUYENTE DE 1825 |
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| Protection description | the quetzal bird visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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The Banco de Guatemala has issued Quetzal-denominated notes through the Canadian Bank Note Company for decades, a relationship that persisted well into the polymer era adopted by many regional peers. This 2006–2007 issue remains on cotton substrate — Guatemala was notably slower than neighboring central banks to transition away from paper — which makes the security package here relatively lean: watermark and thread, without the optical features that were becoming routine on comparable issues elsewhere in Latin America at the time.
P#111 is a transitional series, squeezed between earlier engraved issues and later upgraded formats. Nothing anomalous about the print run, but the Ottawa origin is worth noting — CBN's work for Guatemala has historically been executed there rather than subcontracted regionally.