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50 Centavos de Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Quetzal bird watermark, visible when the note is held to light. |
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| Comments |
Waterlow & Sons had a long relationship with Central American issuers, and the Guatemalan series of this period reflects the firm's late output before its absorption into De La Rue in 1961 — meaning notes printed in 1959 were produced by a company that had fewer than two years left as an independent entity.
The fractional quetzal denomination had real purchasing power in Guatemala at this time. A 50 centavos note was not pocket change.