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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