Catalog
100 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1989-1992 |
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| Size | 156 × 67 mm |
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| Reverse description | A large central vignette depicts the arcaded courtyard of the Universidad de San Carlos de Borromeo in Antigua Guatemala, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with a decorative guilloche border. The numeral '100' appears at upper right and lower left, flanking the main scene, with an ornate Mayan-style decorative column motif at right. The bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' runs across the top, and the legend 'CIEN QUETZALES' is inscribed along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | Tecun Uman, the last ruler of the K'iche' Maya, visible when held to light |
| Variants | P#78a - 04.01.1989 P#78b(1) - 03.01.1990 P#78b(2) - 03.01.1990 P#78c - 22.01.1992 |
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