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quetzal
Sign in to saveAlso known as GTQ, Guatemala quetzal, Quetzal (1925-date)
currency of Guatemala
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Vinony's link graph records 210 inbound references to quetzal, and connects out to Bank of Guatemala, coat of arms of Guatemala and Spanish.
It sits within the topics Circulating currencies, Currencies introduced in 1925 and Currencies of Guatemala.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Code
- GTQ (numeric: 320 )
- Plural
- quetzales
- Symbol
- Q
- 1 100
- centavo
- Banknotes
- 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 quetzales
- Coins
- 5, 10, 25, 50 centavos, 1 quetzal
- Replaced
- Guatemalan peso
- User s
- Guatemala
- Central bank
- Bank of Guatemala
- Website
- www .banguat .gob .gt
- Inflation
- 6.2%
- Source
- Link
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- currency
- Named after
- Resplendent Quetzal
- Country
- Guatemala
- Manufacturer
- Polish Security Printing Works
- Image
- Ein Quetzal.jpg
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- central bank/issuer
- Bank of Guatemala
- Commons category
- Money of Guatemala
- start time
- 1925-00-00
- unit symbol
- Q
- price
- 0.1126
- applies to jurisdiction
- Guatemala
- replaces
- Guatemalan peso
- conversion to standard unit
- 0.2470355731225296
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Encyclopedic overview
The quetzal ( locally [keˈtsal]; code: GTQ) is the currency of Guatemala, named after the national bird of Guatemala, the resplendent quetzal. In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. It is divided into 100 centavos, or len (plural lenes) in Guatemalan slang. The plural is quetzales.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quetzal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.