Guatemala chooses new printer for 5 quetzal notes

Late 2014 Casa de Moneda de Chile will start as the new printer for the Guatemalan 5 quetzal note. This is the result of an international tender for the printing of 30 million notes which also involved 8 European and American printing companies. Currently the 5 quetzal notes are printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company. The first notes printed in Santiago will begin circulating in Guatemala in the first quarter of 2015.

The current 5 quetzal note:

Steven Wednesday 30 July 2014 at 10:23 am | | news
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two comments

Masoom mahbub

new note will have any different than existing note ??

Masoom mahbub, (Email ) - 29-12-’14 13:29
Steven

Nothing has been made public about the design of the new note. We’ll just have to wait I’m afraid.

Steven, (URL) - 02-01-’15 09:18
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