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100 Quetzales

Issuer Banco de Guatemala
Year 2008-2021
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Currency Quetzal (1925-date)
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Obverse description Predominantly red and brown intaglio print on a multicolour guilloche underprint. A fine-line engraved portrait vignette of Bishop Francisco Marroquín occupies the right half of the note, framed by geometric latticework. To the left, a colourful quetzal bird in flight appears above a Mayan deity figure rendered in multicolour, with the large denominational numeral '100' in intaglio at centre and a green holographic security disc at upper right.
Obverse lettering Banco de Guatemala Guatemala, Centroamérica Cien Quetzales Obispo y licenciado Francisco Marroquín defensor de los indígenas y creador del Colegio Mayor
(Translation: Bank of Guatemala Guatemala, Central America One Hundred Quetzals Bishop and licentiate Francisco Marroquín defender of the indigenous people and creator of the Colegio Mayor)
Reverse description Multicolour print centred on a detailed vignette of the Universidad de San Carlos de Borromeo (formerly the Colegio Mayor) in Antigua Guatemala, its colonial baroque façade rendered in fine engraved line work against a guilloche background in green and ochre tones. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear above and below the central vignette.
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