Banco de Guatemala Celebrates

Banco de Guatemala has issued a new commemorative 100 quetzales banknote to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the central bank’s foundation.

The front of the banknote shows a portrait of Bishop Francisco Marroquin, a defender of the native people and instrumental in the progress of education in Guatemala. It also shows an image of Guatemala’s national bird, the quetzal (after which the currency is named), inspired by the first banknote issued by the Bank.

The back has a depiction of San Carlos University, which celebrates its 350th anniversary this year. A KINEGRAM COLORS® security thread with VIVID and FLUX effects is visible on the front of the note, with three windows and the number ‘100’ in Arabic and Mayan characters, and ‘EL QUETZAL ES ORGULLO, CONFIANZA Y FUTURO PARA GUATEMALA’ in microtext, which translates to ‘THE QUETZAL IS PRIDE, CONFIDENCE AND FUTURE FOR GUATEMALA’.

The banknote was printed by (Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW). The print run was limited to 15 million.