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0.50 Quetzal
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos (0.50 GTQ) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents Temple I (Temple of the Great Jaguar) at Tikal in intaglio, set against a lightly tinted guilloche background with tropical vegetation rendered at its base. The denomination Q0.50 appears in large numerals at left, with the fractional value 1/2 repeated in the side panels within ornamental borders. The bank title runs along the upper border, and the denomination inscription is placed to the right of the temple vignette. |
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| Protection description | Quetzal bird watermark, visible when held to light. |
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| Comments |
Harrison & Sons closed in 1997, the year after this note was printed — the firm had been producing banknotes and stamps since the Victorian era, and Guatemala was among its last active clients. The contract work for Banco de Guatemala continued right up to the end, with no successor printer inheriting the relationship; subsequent Guatemalan issues moved to other security printers.
Pick 96 belongs to a long-running quetzal series that saw relatively few design revisions across the 1980s and 1990s, making printer attribution the more significant distinguishing detail for this particular date.