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Guatemala
 
    
 

 

Country overview

 

 

República de Guatemala
Capital Guatemala
Population (millions) 13.0
Area (sq km) 108,890
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 5,100

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 26th All varieties 5
Year of the first polymer issue 2007 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 2 Specimen 2
Current status Polymer and paper Regular 3
New polymer issues expected? Yes Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Central Bank of Guatemala

Banco de Guatemala (Español)
 

 

 

 

Note that María Antonieta Del Cid Navas de Bonilla changed her signature for S1R2 (compared with S1R1).

 
General Manager
(Gerente General)		 President
(Presidenta)

Carlos Rafael García
María Antonieta Del Cid Navas de Bonilla

Manuel Augusto Alonzo Araujo
 

 

 

 

Central Bank of Guatemala Annual reports: 2006.
 

 

Bank notes

  

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Guatemala S1 Quetzal 1 156x67 P109 CBN Guardian®

 

 
REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1S1 20 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2006 García-Bonilla SPECIMEN; serial number B00000000B not given F  B
 images from Christoph Thomas
S1R1 20 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2006 García-Bonilla serial number at right in bold font [P109] €1.50
 F  B
S1R2 12 DE MARZO DE 2008 Araujo-Bonilla serial number at right in normal font [P109] €1.00
 F  B
 

 

Issued on 20.08.07. 60 million S1R1 notes were printed.

 

 

Guatemala, 1 Quetzal, issued in 2007. Various Maya patterns appear throughout the bank note. Front: José María Orellana Pinto (1872-1926), a politician, general and President of Guatemala from 1921 to 1926. During his presidential term, the Quetzal as the Guatemalan currency unit was created. Back: At left, a plate of Leyden, a jade statue with the oldest dated Maya writing. In the centre, building of the Central Bank of Guatemala. At centre right, an engraved stone altar of Tikal, which was one of the largest cultural and population centres of the Maya civilization, reaching its apogee during the Classic Period, from ca. 200 to 900 AD.

 

 

Banco de Guatemala to issue polymer Q1.00 bank notes (2007)

The Banco de Guatemala presents the new Q1.00 bill made from a polymer extract (2007)

 

 

José María Orellana Pinto (1872-1926)

  

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Guatemala S2 Quetzal 5 no data no data no data Guardian®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S2S1 19 DE MAYO DE 2010 no data SPECIMEN not given F  B
S2R1 19 DE MAYO DE 2010 no data   no data F  B
 

 

Issued on 16.11.11 (to be confirmed).

 

 

 

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