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10 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Quetzal (1925-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General Miguel García Granados, President of Guatemala 1871–1873, at right centre against a red guilloche underprint with Mayan architectural motifs framing both sides. At upper left, a multicolour vignette of the national bird, the quetzal, in flight; a Mayan glyph panel and the Guatemalan flag appear at centre left. The denomination numeral '10' is printed in dark ink at lower left and lower right corners, with the legend 'DIEZ QUETZALES' in bold letterpress below the central numeral panel. |
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| Reverse description | Central multicolour vignette of the 1872 session of the Asamblea Nacional Legislativa, rendered as a detailed engraved historical scene with legislators assembled in a formal chamber, the Guatemalan coat of arms mounted above the presiding dais draped in national colours. Mayan glyph panels frame the scene at left and right, accompanied by an intaglio Mayan deity figure at lower right and the national flag in blue and white. The issuer name appears in the top guilloche band, with 'DIEZ QUETZALES' in bold letterpress along the lower margin and the printer's imprint 'OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES' at foot centre. |
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| Protection description | the quetzal bird visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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