5 Quetzales

Obverse description	Intaglio portrait of General Justo Rufino Barrios at right, set against a red-pink guilloche background with a stepped pyramid vignette; at centre, a large numeral '5' in intaglio over an orange rosette underprint with the denomination 'CINCO QUETZALES' above, flanked by a coloured quetzal bird in flight at upper left and the Guatemalan flag below. The bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' and 'GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA' appear in a dark blue letterpress panel at top, with pre-Columbian decorative motifs at the corners.
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Reverse description	Central intaglio vignette of a female teacher reading an open book with three young students at a classroom desk, a blackboard inscribed with vowels, letters and numerals visible in the background, and the Guatemalan flag to the right; the panel is framed by a caption referencing General Justo Rufino Barrios's establishment of free and compulsory primary education. Pre-Columbian Maya glyphs and deity motifs decorate the left border and lower right corners, with an orange guilloche underprint and a small Guatemalan flag vignette at right.
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Protection description	General Justo Rufino Barrios portrait and electrotype numeral '5'; embedded security thread with microprinting
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