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5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1971-1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of General Justo Rufino Barrios at right, with a Quetzal bird vignette at upper centre against a light guilloche underprint. Three signatures appear at lower centre, with the denomination numeral 5 repeated at lower left and right corners. Authorization date inscription appears at lower right, with a decorative Mayan-style vignette at far left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco de Guatemala Guatemala Centro America 5 Cinco QUETZALES Autorizacion de 6 Enero 1971 General Justo Rufino BARRIOS Presidente de la Republica 1873-1885 Reformador del Pais e Impulsor de la Union Centroamericana PRESIDENTE GERENTE JEFE DE LA CONTADURIA DE CUENTAS |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a classroom scene with a female teacher surrounded by children at a desk, a chalkboard visible in the background. Guilloche border patterns frame the central image on both sides, with the denomination numeral 5 in oval cartouches at lower left and right. A text inscription referencing Barrios's establishment of free and obligatory primary education appears at upper left. |
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