Catalog
200 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | Microlettering: BANCO DE GUATEMALA BANCO DE GUATEMALA REPÚBLICA DE GUATEMALA DOSCIENTOS QUETZALES Microlettering: LIBRE AL VIENTO, TU HERMOSA BANDERA (Translation: Microlettering: Bank of Guatemala Bank of Guatemala Republic of Guatemala Two-Hundred Quetzales Microlettering: Free into the wind, your beautiful flag) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Guatemala's 200 quetzal denomination has existed since the 1970s but remained relatively uncommon in everyday transactions — the value sits high enough that most circulation wear concentrates on lower denominations. The P#W127 issue is part of a broader modernization push by the Banco de Guatemala that retained G+D as printer, a relationship stretching back decades in the region.
The "W" prefix in the Pick reference signals a polymer-family catalog entry, though this note is cotton paper — an inconsistency in the Pick numbering system that occasionally confuses attribution.