Catalog
20 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1983-1987 |
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| Value | 20 Quetzales |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA VEINTE QUETZALES FIRMA DEL ACTA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CENTROAMÉRICA GIESECKE & DEVRIENT MUNICH 20 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The P#69 series spans a politically turbulent stretch for Guatemala — the early 1980s saw two coups in quick succession, with Ríos Montt seizing power in 1982 and Mejía Víctores ousting him in 1983. The Banco de Guatemala kept the note design and printer unchanged throughout, which was itself a deliberate signal of institutional continuity from a central bank caught between successive military governments.
Giesecke & Devrient had printed Guatemalan currency for decades by this point, and the Munich connection meant production was insulated from the domestic instability entirely.