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5 Quetzales

Issuer Banco de Guatemala
Year 1998
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Intaglio portrait of General Justo Rufino Barrios at right, set against a stepped pyramid vignette with guilloche underprint in rose and purple tones; a resplendent quetzal bird in flight appears at upper center-left. Denomination numeral '5' is printed in large intaglio figures at center, with a Maya mask motif in the lower left corner and an authorization date inscribed vertically on the right margin.
Obverse lettering BANCO DE GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA
CINCO QUETZALES
AUTORIZACION 29 DE JULIO DE 1998
GENERAL JUSTO RUFINO BARRIOS PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA, 1873-1885, REFORMADOR DEL PAIS E IMPULSOR DE LA UNION CENTROAMERICANA
PRESIDENTE
GERENTE
CONTRALOR GENERAL DE CUENTAS
(Translation: Bank of Guatemala / Guatemala, Central America / Five Quetzals / Authorization 29 July 1998 / General Justo Rufino Barrios, President of the Republic, 1873–1885, Reformer of the Country and Promoter of Central American Union / President / Manager / Comptroller General of Accounts)
Reverse description Central vignette illustrates a primary school classroom scene in which a female teacher instructs several young children around a desk, with a chalkboard bearing letters and numerals visible in the background and the Guatemalan flag to the right. Pre-Columbian Maya decorative motifs and figural vignettes occupy the left and right lateral borders, while a latent-image panel appears at upper right. The lower margin carries the denomination legend in letterpress.
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