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10 Quetzales Banco de Guatemala, 2nd. type
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1956-1959 |
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| Size | 156 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red intaglio print on light-green guilloche underprint. A circular stone carving known as the Ara de Tikal is positioned at right, while a vignette of a Quetzal bird in flight appears at center left above the denomination. Black serial numbers in six digits are printed letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red, the reverse carries a large central vignette reproducing a painting of a scene representing the founding of old Guatemala, rendered in a classical illustrative style within a framed composition. |
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Waterlow & Sons held the Banco de Guatemala contract through the mid-century series, and this particular type spans a short window — 1956 to 1959 — before the designs were refreshed again. Waterlow collapsed as an independent printer in 1961 when it was absorbed by De La Rue, making notes from this final phase of the firm's operations among the last the company ever produced for Central American clients.
The dual Pick reference (P#32 and P#46) reflects a cataloguing split based on signature combinations rather than any change to the printing itself.