Catalog
5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Quetzal (1925-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General Justo Rufino Barrios to the right, set against a stepped pyramid vignette in deep rose-purple; a multicolour quetzal bird in flight occupies the upper left, accompanied by the Guatemalan national flag. A large guilloche rosette in orange underprint frames the central denomination numeral, with a Mayan mask vignette below and a decorative pre-Columbian cartouche to the lower left. Two signature lines appear at the bottom, above a microprint border band. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CENTRO AMERICA CINCO QUETZALES 5 GENERAL JUSTO RUFINO BARRIOS PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA, 1873-1895, REFORMADOR DEL PAÍS E IMPULSOR DE LA UNIÓN CENTROAMERICANA GERENTE GENERAL PRESIDENTA AUTORIZACIÓN 12 DE MARZO DE 2008 (Translation: BANK OF GUATEMALA / GUATEMALA CENTRAL AMERICA / FIVE QUETZALES / 5 / GENERAL JUSTO RUFINO BARRIOS / PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, 1873-1895, REFORMER OF THE COUNTRY AND PROMOTER OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION / GENERAL MANAGER / PRESIDENT / AUTHORIZATION 12 MARCH 2008) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette in colour shows a female teacher surrounded by young pupils in a primary school classroom, with a chalkboard bearing letters and numerals visible in the background and the Guatemalan flag to the right; the scene commemorates Barrios's establishment of free, secular, and compulsory primary education. The left border carries an elaborate dark-blue Mayan codex-style column, while the right panel displays orange pre-Columbian glyphs, a Mayan mask, and a deity figure, all set against a fine spiral guilloche underprint in pale orange. |
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