20 Quetzales Banco de Guatemala; 1st. type

Features

Issuer	Guatemala
Bank emisyjny	Banco de Guatemala
Period	Republic (1841-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1948-1965
Value	20 Quetzales (20 GTQ)
Currency	Quetzal (1925-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	156 × 67 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Demonetized	6 January 1997
Number	N# 270938
References	P# 27, 39 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Blue on light-blue and pink underprint.
Portrait of Rafael Landívar at left; Quetzal bird in flight above denomination at center.
Red serial numbers.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BANCO DE GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMÉRICA
20
VEINTE QUETZALES
Autorización de 8 Enero 1964
RAFAEL LANDÍVAR
PRESIDENTE
GERENTE
JEFE DE LA CONTRALORÍA DE CUENTAS
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Reverse

(en) Blue print.
Scene painting of Signing of the Central American Independence Act.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BANCO DE GUATEMALA
20
FIRMA DEL ACTA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA
VEINTE QUETZALES
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)

Comments

(en)

Details of issues:

P#27: without “Autorización de” at date vertically; title of right signature “PRESIDENTE DEL TRIBUNAL Y C. DE CTAS.”

P#39: with “Autorización de” at date vertically; title of right signature “JEFE DE LA CONTROLARIA DE CUENTAS”

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Date	No. printed	References
Undetermined
1948-Sep-15	100 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio
1949-Feb-18	300 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio
1949-Sep-07	100 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio
1950-May-03	100 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio
1952-Jan-09	50 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio
1952-May-21	50 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Max Pinto; José Gregorio
1952-Dec-29	150 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Manuel Jáuregui, Héctor Pinto
1954-Jan-05	150 000	P# 27 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Without prefix letter; Signatures: Manuel Morales; Manuel Jáuregui, Héctor Pinto
1963-Jan-09	200 000	P# 39a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: A; Signatures: Arturo Galiano, José Rivas, Albino Paniagua
1964-Jan-08	250 000	P# 39b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: A; Signatures: Arturo Galiano, José Rivas, Luis Sánchez
1965-Jan-15	100 000	P# 39c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: A; Signatures: Arturo Galiano, José Rivas, Luis Sánchez

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