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50 Centavos de Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1959-1961 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA CINCUENTA CENTAVOS DE QUETZAL TRAJE DE CHICHICASTENANGO 1/2 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Quetzal replaced the Peso in 1925 following Guatemala's monetary reform under the Orellana government, but the fractional denomination — the Centavo de Quetzal — had an awkward commercial life. By the late 1950s, small-denomination paper was already being squeezed out by coin circulation, and these notes saw relatively brief issue before the series was discontinued.
ABNC held long-standing contracts with Guatemalan authorities through much of the mid-twentieth century, and the plate work on this series reflects their standard intaglio production of the period — competent, consistent, and largely indistinguishable from dozens of other Latin American commissions coming out of their Broad Street facilities at the time.