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5 Quetzales Banco de Guatemala, 2nd. type
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1955-1959 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Purple and yellow on blue-green underprint. Central vignette of the Uaxactún vase at right, with a quetzal bird in flight above the numeral denomination at left. Black six-digit serial numbers printed in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in purple. A large central intaglio vignette reproduces the painting 'Choque de las Culturas Maya y Española', a dramatic battle scene between Spanish conquistadors and Maya warriors, framed by elaborate guilloche borders. Large numeral '5' counter-vignettes appear at both left and right within ornate geometric panels. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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