5 Quetzales Banco de Guatemala; 1st. type
Features
| Issuer |
Guatemala
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Guatemala (Banco de Guatemala) |
| Period |
Republic (1841-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1948-1958 |
| Value | 5 Quetzales (5 GTQ) |
| Currency | Quetzal (1925-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 156 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 466625 |
| References | P# 25, 37 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Purple print.
Vase of Oaxactún at left; Quetzal bird in flight above denomination at center right.
Red serial numbers.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO DE GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMERICA
5
CINCO QUETZALES
Autorización de
22 Enero 1958
Translation:
Bank of Guatemala
Guatemala, Central America
Five Quetzals
Authorization of January 22th., 1958
Reverse
Purple print.
Painting of scene of clash between Spaniards and Maya.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO DE GUATEMALA
5
CINCO QUETZALES
Translation:
Bank of Guatemala
Five Quetzals
Printer
American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)Comments
Details of issues:
P#25: without “Autorización de” at date vertically; title of right signature “PRESIDENTE DEL TRIBUNAL Y C. DE CTAS.”
P#37: with “Autorización de” at date vertically; title of right signature “JEFE DE LA CONTROLADORIA DE CONTAS”
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1948-Sep-15 | 500 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio | ||||||||||||
| 1949-May-06 | 500 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio | ||||||||||||
| 1949-Jul-22 | 200 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: A; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio | ||||||||||||
| 1950-Feb-15 | 600 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: A; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio | ||||||||||||
| 1952-May-21 | 100 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: A; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Manuel Jáuregui; Héctor Pinto | ||||||||||||
| 1952-Dec-29 | 600 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: A-B; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Manuel Jáuregui; Héctor Pinto | ||||||||||||
| 1954-Jan-05 | 500 000 | P# 25Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: B; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Manuel Jáuregui; Héctor Pinto | ||||||||||||
| 1958-Jan-22 | 1 000 000 | P# 37Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: E; "Autorización de" before date; Signatures: Gabriel Estrada; Mario Arévalo; Albino Paniagua | ||||||||||||
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