Banknotes of GUATEMALA - a catalog of banknotes of different countries: modern coins and banknotes of all countries of the world, samples, gold and silver coins, photographs and description.
Monetary unit: quetzal = 100 centavos.
Banknotes in circulation: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 quetzals. Issuing Bank - Bank of Guatemala.
Banknotes in circulation:
1 quetzal. Polymer banknote.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Jose Maria Orellana Pinto (1872 - 1926), an outstanding politician, President of Guatemala from December 10, 1921 to September 26, 1926; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. In the center of the Banknote there is an image of a Coin with a denomination of 1 quetzal, over the image there is a denomination: UN QUETZAL, below - the signatures of the president of the bank and the general manager. On the left side of the Banknote there is a transparent window with the logo of the Bank of Guatemala, above there is a flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination number "1" is placed in the upper and lower left corners of the banknote. Above the transparent window and below, against the background of the portrait -
5 quetzals. Polymer banknote.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Justo Rufino Barrios (1835 - 1885), politician, President of Guatemala in 1873 - 1885; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. To the right of the portrait is a Mayan mask. In the center of the banknote, against the background of the ornament, there is the denomination: CINCO QUETZALES | 5, below - the signatures of the bank president and general manager. On the left side of the Banknote there is a transparent window in the form of an open book, above there is a flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination with the figure "5" is placed in the upper and lower left corners of the banknote. Above the transparent window and below, against the background of the portrait -
10 quetzals.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Miguel Garcia Granados (1809 - 1878), President of Guatemala from June 29, 1871 to June 4, 1873; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. To the right of the portrait is a Mayan sculpture. In the center of the banknote, against the background of the ornament, there is the denomination: 10 | DIEZ QUETZALES, below are the signatures of the bank's president and general manager. On the left side of the Banknote - the image of the national flag, above - the flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination with the figure "10" is placed in the upper and lower left corners of the banknote. Above the image of the flag and below, against the background of the portrait -
20 quetzals.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Jose Felipe Mariano Galvez (1794 - 1862), a lawyer and politician who headed the government of Guatemala from August 28, 1831 to March 3, 1838; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. To the right of the portrait is a Mayan sculpture. In the center of the banknote, against the background of the ornament, there is the denomination: 20 | VEINTE QUETZALES, below are the signatures of the bank's president and general manager. On the left side of the Banknote - the image of the national flag, above - the flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination with the figure "20" is placed in the left and right lower corners of the banknote. Above the central denomination and below, against the background of the portrait -
50 quetzals.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Carlos Zachrisson, the country's finance minister and leader of monetary and banking reform from 1923 to 1926; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. In the center of the banknote, against the background of the Mayan bas-relief, there is the denomination: 50 | CINCUENTA QUETZALES, below are the signatures of the bank's president and general manager. On the left side of the Banknote there is a traditional image of Mayan culture, above - a flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination with the figure "50" is placed in the left and right lower corners of the banknote. Above the central denomination and below, against the background of the portrait -
100 quetzals.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Francisco Marroquin (1499-1563), Bishop of Guatemala and a translator from Central American languages; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. In the center of the banknote, against the background of the Mayan bas-relief, there is the denomination: CIEN QUETZALES | 100, below are the signatures of the bank president and general manager. On the left side of the Banknote there is a traditional image of Mayan culture, above - a flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination with the figure "100" is placed in the left and right lower corners of the banknote. Above the central denomination and below, against the background of the portrait -
200 quetzals.
Obverse: In the upper right part of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there are portraits of Herman Alcantar (1863 - 1910), composer and leader of national musical groups; Mariano Valverde (1884 - 1956), composer and guitarist, and Sebastian Hurtado, musician and creator of musical instruments; under the portraits there is an explanatory inscription. In the center Banknotes face value: Q200 | DOSCIENTOZ QUETZALES, below are the signatures of the bank's president and general manager. On the left side of the Banknote there is an image of a Mayan culture bas-relief, against its background there is a denomination number "200" and a quetzal (quetzal) bird sitting on a branch. In the central lower part (wavy) and in the right part (vertically) -
BANKNOTES RARELY MEETING IN CIRCULATION:
5 quetzals.
Obverse: At the top of the Banknote there is a strip with bas-reliefs of the Mayan culture, over the bas-relief there is an inscription in two lines: BANCO DE GUATEMALA | GUATEMALA. CENTRO AMERICA. On the right side of the banknote, against the background of a stylized Mayan pyramid, there is a portrait of Justo Rufino Barrios (1835 - 1885), politician, President of Guatemala in 1873 - 1885; under the portrait there is an explanatory inscription. To the right of the portrait is a Mayan mask. In the center of the banknote, against the background of the ornament, there is the denomination: CINCO QUETZALES | 5, below - the signatures of the bank president and general manager. In the upper left part of the Banknote there is a flying quetzal (quetzal) bird. The denomination with the figure "5" is placed in the upper and lower left corners of the banknote.
