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100 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2010-2023 |
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| Value | 100 Quetzales |
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| Obverse description | The right portion of the obverse bears a portrait of Francisco Marroquín, first Bishop of Guatemala, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint in olive and brown tones. At left, a vignette of a quetzal bird perched above a Maya jade figurine is set within a multicolour decorative panel. The bank title BANCO DE GUATEMALA and country inscription GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA appear across the top, with the denomination numeral 100 in bold intaglio at centre and lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA CIEN QUETZALES 100 OBISPO Y LICENCIADO FRANCISCO MARROQUÍN DEFENSOR DE LOS INDÍGENAS Y CREADOR DEL COLEGIO MAYOR GERENTE GENERAL PRESIDENTE AUTORIZACIÓN |
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Guatemala's 100 Quetzal note has been printed by De La Rue since the series was modernized in the early 2000s, continuing a long relationship between the Banco de Guatemala and the British security printer that dates back several decades. The denomination sits at the top of the Guatemalan circulating series — there is no higher value note in everyday use — which gives it outsized importance in a cash-heavy economy where card infrastructure remains uneven outside Guatemala City.
The color-shifting ink on this issue is applied to the numeral, a concession to regional counterfeiting pressure that became pronounced across Central American high-denomination notes in the 2000s. P#126 covers a wide issuing window, so date varieties within this Pick number are worth distinguishing individually.