100 Quetzales Banco de Guatemala, 1st. type

€1.00
IssuerGuatemala
Year1948-1952
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value100 Quetzales (100 GTQ)
CurrencyQuetzal (1925-date)
CompositionPaper
Size156 × 67 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#28
Obverse descriptionBlack and grey printing on light blue underprint. Nahuala man facing right, on left; Quetzal bird on flight at center. Issuer name on top, with country name and region below. Face value in numbers on all four corners and on center right; in letters on lower center to right. Red serial #s, 6 digits on top right, and lower center, to left. Three black signatures on lower center, issuing date on right, turned 90°. Printer name on bottom.
Reverse descriptionBlack and grey printing, on light blue underprint. View of Antigua Guatemala, with The Cross hill on background. Issuer name on top, face value in small numbers on all four corners, and bigger numbers left and right edges, in letters below image. Printer name on bottom.
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Obverse lettering100 BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMÉRICA 034664 3 Agosto 1949 CIEN QUETZALES INDIO DE NAHUALA PRESIDENTE GERENTE PRESIDENTE DEL TRIBUNAL DE CTAS. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
(Translation: Bank of Guatemala Guatemala, Central America August 3rd., 1949 One Hundred Quetzales Nahuala indian man President, Manager, President of Accounts Tribunal)
Reverse letteringBANCO DE GUATEMALA 100 VALLE DE LA ANTIGUA CIEN QUETZALES AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
(Translation: Bank of Guatemala Valley of the Antique (Antique Guatemala city) One Hundred Quetzales)
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Catalog ID4503755980
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