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50 Quetzales
| Emittent | Banco de Guatemala |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 2001 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Portrait of Carlos O. Zachrisson at right, rendered in intaglio against a red-orange guilloche underprint, with a central value numeral '50' in a decorative panel at left accompanied by a small Mayan stele vignette. The bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' and country legend 'GUATEMALA CENTRO AMERICA' appear across the upper margin, with the denomination inscription 'CINCUENTA QUETZALES' below the central vignette. Serial number, date, and signatory facsimiles appear in the lower register. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Central vignette illustrates a coffee harvest scene with several figures picking and gathering coffee beans beneath mature trees, rendered in a painterly intaglio style against an orange-red guilloche border. Mayan decorative motifs and glyphs frame the left and right margins, with a rosette numeral panel at upper right. The bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' runs across the top, and the denomination 'CINCUENTA QUETZALES' is inscribed below the central scene. |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
Guatemala's 50 Quetzal denomination has historically been the country's highest-value note in regular circulation for extended periods, making it a frequent target for counterfeiting. Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility has printed Guatemalan currency across multiple series, and the relationship between the two institutions stretches back decades — unusual for a Central American bank, which more commonly rotated between British and American security printers during the twentieth century.
The watermark-only security specification on a 2001-dated note is notably sparse by contemporary standards, at a time when most comparable issues were incorporating security threads and color-shifting ink as baseline features.