Catalog
50 Centavos de Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Quetzal (1925-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown intaglio on a light ground with multicolour guilloche underprint, the obverse carries at centre-left a diamond-shaped cartouche enclosing the denomination numeral Q0.50 within an ornate border, with fraction numerals '1/2' repeated at each corner. To the right, a landscape vignette presents a view of the Cerro del Carmen church. Three manuscript signatures are positioned along the lower margin beneath the main inscription panel. |
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| Reverse description | Rendered in brown intaglio on an intricate guilloche ground, the reverse centres on a vignette of a Chichicastenango market woman in traditional indigenous dress, carrying clay vessels, with architectural elements in the background. Ornamental cartouches at left and right each contain the fraction numeral '1/2', while the bank name inscription spans the full upper margin. The printer's imprint appears along the lower margin. |
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