Katalog
| Emittent | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Jahr | 1995 |
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| Referenz(en) | P#93 |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Central intaglio vignette of the signing of the Act of Independence of Central America, rendered in a classical engraved style and surrounded by ornate guilloche borders in violet and pink tones. Mayan decorative motifs flank the scene on the left, while the denomination numeral '20' appears at upper right and lower left within rosette underprints. The printer's imprint 'GIESECKE & DEVRIENT' appears beneath the central vignette. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | the quetzal bird visible in the paper; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Giesecke & Devrient had supplied Guatemalan currency since at least the 1960s, and by the mid-1990s the relationship was well-established enough that this series shows the Leipzig firm's characteristic thread placement — embedded rather than windowed, which was still the more common approach for Latin American clients at that point. The security thread on P#93 runs vertically and is readable under UV, a specification that distinguished it from the earlier P#75 family it was gradually replacing in circulation.
The Q20 denomination sat in the mid-range of everyday use, high enough to see commercial handling but not the heavy retail wear that the Q1 and Q5 absorbed daily.