Catalog
100 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1972-1983 |
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| Reference(s) | P#64 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA 100 CIEN QUETZALES AUTORIZACION DE 7 ENERO 1975 OBISPO Y LICENCIADO FRANCISCO MARROQUIN DE LOS PRIMEROS INDIGENAS Y FUNDADOR DEL COLEGIO MAYOR PRESIDENTE GERENTE JEFE DE LA CONTABILIDAD DE CUENTAS |
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| Protection description | Tecun Uman portrait watermark |
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Pick 64 spans eleven years and seven signature combinations — an unusually long run for a high-denomination note, suggesting the Banco de Guatemala saw no pressing reason to redesign the 100-quetzal issue even as the country moved through successive governments and the early tremors of the civil conflict that would intensify through the 1980s. Ramiro Castillo Love appears on five of the seven dated issues, a tenure reflecting the relative stability of the finance ministry position compared to the political turbulence above it.
De La Rue's watermark security on this series was minimal by the standards of the period — a known vulnerability that later prompted the complete redesign issued under Pick 73.