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100 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Primarily red and green intaglio print on a multicolour guilloche underprint. A vignette of a Quetzal bird in flight occupies the left portion of the note, with the denomination numeral centred, and a portrait of Bishop Francisco Marroquín positioned to the right. Inscriptions identify Marroquín as defender of the indigenous peoples and founder of the Colegio Mayor. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 Banco De Guatemala Guatemala, Centro America Cien Quetzales 100 Autorizacion 29 De Julio De 1998 100 Gerente Presidente Contralor General De Cuentas 100 Obispo Y Licenciado Francisco Marroquín Defensor De Los Indigenas Y Creador Del Colegio Mayor |
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The Q100 sits at the top of the Guatemalan note series and has historically seen limited street circulation — high-denomination quetzales have long been used primarily for interbank transfers and large commercial transactions, meaning worn examples are genuinely uncommon despite substantial print runs.
BA International, the successor identity of British American Bank Note Company, held Guatemalan printing contracts across multiple decades. By 1998 the firm was already in a slow institutional decline, eventually absorbed and wound down by 2012.