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10 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait of General Miguel García Granados at right, rendered in fine line engraving against a rose-pink guilloche underprint. At left, a vignette of the national quetzal bird in flight appears above a Mayan ceremonial figure, with the numeral '10' printed in bold intaglio at centre. The bank title 'BANCO DE GUATEMALA' and the denomination legend 'DIEZ QUETZALES' are inscribed in letterpress, with two facsimile signatures and their respective titles printed below the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Guatemala's 10 Quetzal denomination has been issued continuously in various forms since the 1940s, but by 2003 the series had settled into a long run of Oberthur-produced notes that changed little in security specification from year to year. The security thread and watermark combination here was already considered minimal by contemporary central bank standards — Guatemala was notably slower than neighboring Central American issuers to adopt polymer or more sophisticated optical features.
Oberthur Fiduciaire's Chantepie facility handled a substantial portion of Latin American production during this period, making this note one of many regional issues sharing a common French print origin.