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5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2003-2008 |
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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 pink-purple guilloche underprint with a stylised stepped pyramid motif. A polychrome vignette of the national bird, the Resplendent Quetzal, appears at upper left, with a small Mayan glyph cartouche enclosing the numeral 5 at lower left. Two manuscript signatures appear at bottom centre beneath the titles GERENTE GENERAL and PRESIDENTA, with the authorisation date printed vertically at the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in a ruled frame shows a female teacher surrounded by three young pupils in a primary-school classroom, with a chalkboard bearing letters and numerals visible in the background and the Guatemalan flag at right. Mayan deity figures in intaglio ornament the left border, while orange-tinted Mayan mask and serpent vignettes form the right-side underprint. The large numeral 5 in intaglio occupies the left field, and a decorative guilloche band runs across the top and bottom borders. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA CINCO QUETZALES EL GENERAL JUSTO RUFINO BARRIOS ESTABLECIÓ LA ENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA, GRATUITA, LAICA Y OBLIGATORIA (Translation: BANK OF GUATEMALA / FIVE QUETZALES / GENERAL JUSTO RUFINO BARRIOS ESTABLISHED FREE, SECULAR AND COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION) |
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