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5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2010-2013 |
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| Value | 5 Quetzales |
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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 description | Central vignette in multicolour intaglio portrays a female schoolteacher surrounded by three young pupils at a classroom desk, with a blackboard bearing letters and numerals visible in the background and the Guatemalan flag at right; a jade Olmec-style mask in green occupies the transparent window at left, flanked by pre-Columbian decorative motifs and the numeral 5 in each corner. A descriptive caption below the central scene references General Barrios's introduction of free and compulsory primary education. |
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| Protection type | Transparent window, Optically variable ink, Microprinting, Serial number |
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