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10 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 10 Quetzales (10 GTQ) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CENTRO-AMERICA DIEZ QUETZALES GERENTE PRESIDENTE CONTRALOR GENERAL DE CUENTAS GENERAL MIGUEL GARCIA GRANADOS PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA 1871-1873, EN 1871 IMPULSO LA REFORMA LIBERAL Y PROMULGO UNA DE LAS PRINCIPALES CODIGOS Y ESTATUTOS LEYES EN VIGOR DURANTE CASI UN SIGLO |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed multicolor scene of the Sesion de la Asamblea Nacional Legislativa de 1872 — the National Legislative Assembly session of 1872 — set within an ornately draped hall with figures gathered around a central table. Guilloche borders in rose and blue frame the design on all sides, with Mayan decorative motifs occupying the right panel. The bank name 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' arches across the top, and the denomination 'DIEZ QUETZALES' is lettered along the lower margin. |
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The Banco de Guatemala transitioned to the Canadian Bank Note Company for much of its modern production, a relationship that brought consistent intaglio quality to the quetzal series through the 1990s. By 1995, Guatemala's banking system had survived decades of monetary stress — including the inflationary pressures of the 1980s civil conflict period — and this issue circulated during a relatively stable phase following structural adjustment programs negotiated with the IMF earlier that decade.
P#89 is part of a long-running series format that saw incremental security upgrades rather than full redesigns. The security thread on this issue is a simple embedded strip, predating the more sophisticated windowed threads that would appear in later Guatemalan issues.