Catalog
5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2010-2013 |
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| Size | 151 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General Justo Rufino Barrios at right centre, set against a purple-toned stepped pyramid vignette with intricate pre-Columbian scroll underprint; a resplendent quetzal bird in full colour occupies the left field above a central guilloche rosette bearing the numeral 5. A transparent window at upper right carries an optically variable jade mask motif, and two facsimile signatures appear at lower centre above their respective titles. |
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| 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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| Protection type | Transparent window, Optically variable ink, Microprinting, Serial number |
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