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1/2 Quetzal 1955/56
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1955-1956 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio-printed note with a central guilloche medallion bearing the denomination '00.50' flanked by '1/2' numerals in ornate diamond frames, overlaid with a multicolour rosette underprint and serial number in blue and red. To the right, a vignette of the Ermita del Cerrito del Carmen hermitage set within a landscaped scene, surmounted by a quetzal bird in flight. Three facsimile signature lines appear at the lower centre beneath the inscriptions, with the authorization date printed vertically at right. |
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| Reverse description | Monochrome brown intaglio design with a central vignette of two indigenous Mayan figures in traditional dress at the Chichicastenango market, one standing and one kneeling beside large pottery vessels, with a townscape in the background. Flanking the central scene are two symmetrical guilloche panels each bearing a '1/2' denomination numeral within an ornate lathe-work frame. The denomination legend runs along the lower border, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Banco de Guatemala Cincuenta Centavos De Quetzal Paisaje de Chichicastenango (Translation: Bank of Guatemala Fifty Centavos of a Quetzal Landscape of Chichicastenango) |
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