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5 Quetzales
| Issuer | Banco de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General Justo Rufino Barrios at right, set against a stepped pyramid vignette with guilloche underprint in rose and purple tones; a resplendent quetzal bird in flight appears at upper center-left. Denomination numeral '5' is printed in large intaglio figures at center, with a Maya mask motif in the lower left corner and an authorization date inscribed vertically on the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette illustrates a primary school classroom scene in which a female teacher instructs several young children around a desk, with a chalkboard bearing letters and numerals visible in the background and the Guatemalan flag to the right. Pre-Columbian Maya decorative motifs and figural vignettes occupy the left and right lateral borders, while a latent-image panel appears at upper right. The lower margin carries the denomination legend in letterpress. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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