Catalog
20 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 20 Quetzales (20 GTQ) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Doctor Mariano Gálvez positioned to the right, rendered against a blue guilloche underprint with the large numeral '20' in the centre. To the left, a vignette of a quetzal bird in flight appears above a Mayan figure, with the denomination 'VEINTE QUETZALES' inscribed below the central numeral. Two serial numbers appear in red, with signature lines for the Gerente and Presidente at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | 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. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA FIRMA DEL ACTA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CENTROAMERICA VEINTE QUETZALES (Translation: Bank of Guatemala The Signing of the Act of the Independence of Central America Twenty Quetzales) |
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