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5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Quetzal (1925-date) |
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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. |
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| 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) |
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| Protection description | the quetzal bird visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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