100 Quetzales Banco de Guatemala; 2nd. type

Features

Issuer	Guatemala
Bank emisyjny	Banco de Guatemala
Period	Republic (1841-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1955-1959
Value	100 Quetzales 100 GTQ = USD 13
Currency	Quetzal (1925-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	156 × 67 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Issued	5 January 1955
Number	N# 465424
References	P# 34, 49 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: Nahuala man

Obverse

(en) Black and grey printing on light blue underprint.
Nahuala man facing left, on center, Quetzal bird on flight at upper center.
Issuer name on top, with country name and region below.
Face value in numbers on all four corners and on sides of image; in letters on lower center. Black serial #s, 6 digits on top left, and lower right. Three black signatures on lower center to left, authorization date on right, turned 90°.
Printer name on bottom.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
100 BANCO DE GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA, CENTRO AMÉRICA
148728
Autorización de
16 Enero 1957
INDIO DE NAHUALA
PRESIDENTE GERENTE PRESIDENTE DEL TRIBUNAL DE CTAS.
CIEN QUETZALES
WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES

Reverse

(en) Dark blue printing, on light blue underprint.
View of Antigua Guatemala, with The Cross hill on background.
Issuer name on top, face value in numbers on all four corners, and bigger numbers on sides of image, in letters below image.
Printer name on bottom.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BANCO DE GUATEMALA
100
VALLE DE LA ANTIGUA
CIEN QUETZALES
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY

Printer

Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)

Comments

(en)

“Valle de la Antigua” (Valley of the Antique), also known as Valle de Panchoy (Panchoy valley), is the location of la Antigua Guatemala (the Antique Guatemala), third location of the capital city (1843-1773), that was moved three times owing to natural disasters.

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Date	No. printed	References
Undetermined
1955-Jan-05	16 000	P# 34a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Signatures: Gabriel Orellana Estrada, Mario Armando Asturias Arévalo, Albino Gracias Paniagua
1955-Jan-05	9 000	P# 34a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Signatures: Gabriel Orellana Estrada, Mario Armando Asturias Arévalo, Carlos Gutiérrez Custodio
1955-Jan-05		P# 34s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Specimen, punch hole cancelled
1956-Feb-22	20 000	P# 34a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Signatures: Gabriel Orellana Estrada, Mario Armando Asturias Arévalo, Albino Gracias Paniagua
1957-Jan-16	40 000	P# 34a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Signatures: Gabriel Orellana Estrada, Mario Armando Asturias Arévalo, Albino Gracias Paniagua Exist variation on gap between signatures
1958-Jan-22	45 000	P# 34a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Signatures: Gabriel Orellana Estrada, Mario Armando Asturias Arévalo, Albino Gracias Paniagua Exist variation on gap between signatures
1959-Feb-18	30 000	P# 49 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) "JEFE DE LA CONTRALORÍA DE CUENTAS"; Signatures: Gustavo Mirón Porras, José Francisco Fernández Rivas, Albino Gracias Paniagua

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Stacks Bowers January 2023 NYINC Auction Lot 30463	13 Jan 2023	1957-Jan-16 – P# 34a – (en) Signatures: Gabriel Orellana Estrada, Mario Armando Asturias Arévalo, Albino Gracias Paniagua Exist variation on gap between signatures	VF (PMG VF-30)	USD 600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Stacks Bowers May 2023 Maastricht Auction	4 May 2023	1959-Feb-18 – P# 49 – (en) "JEFE DE LA CONTRALORÍA DE CUENTAS"; Signatures: Gustavo Mirón Porras, José Francisco Fernández Rivas, Albino Gracias Paniagua	VF (PMG VF-35)	USD 1200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers