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50 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Printer | BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Montreal, Ottawa, Canada (1866-2012) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA CINCUENTA QUETZALES AUTORIZACION 12 AGOSTO 1992 PRESIDENTE GERENTE CONTRALOR GENERAL DE CUENTAS LICENCIADO CARLOS O. ZACHRISSON. MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Y GESTOR DE LA REFORMA MONETARIA I BANCARIA 1923-1926. (Translation: BANK OF GUATEMALA GUATEMALA, CENTRAL AMERICA FIFTY QUETZALES AUTHORIZATION AUGUST 12 1992 PRESIDENT MANAGER GENERAL COMPTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS GRADUATE CARLOS O. ZACHRISSON. MINISTER OF FINANCE AND MANAGER OF THE MONETARY AND BANKING REFORM 1923-1926.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA CORTE DE CAFE CINCUENTA QUETZALES B A BANKNOTE (Translation: BANK OF GUATEMALA COFFEE HARVEST FIFTY QUETZALES B A BANKNOTE) |
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BA International — the renamed successor to British American Bank Note Company — printed this series during a period when Guatemala was transitioning out of decades of military governance toward elected civilian rule. The 50 Quetzal denomination has historically been the workhorse of larger commercial transactions in Guatemala, and the P#84 series remained in active circulation well into the 1990s before polymer and redesigned issues began displacing paper series across the region.
BA International closed its doors in 2012, making any documentation of their Guatemalan contracts increasingly difficult to trace through surviving production records.