The currency in Guatemala is known as the Quetzal, and it is named this after the bird, the Quetzal, because the Mayans used to use its tail feathers as currency. Pictured to the left is an image of the iconic bird. One United States dollar equates to 7.60248 Guatemalan quetzals. The Quetzals consists of bills of a brown colored Q 0.50 bill, a green Q 1.00 bill, a violet Q 5.00 bill, a red Q 10.00 bill, a blue Q 20.00 bill, an orange Q50.00 bill, a sepia colored Q100.00 bill, and finally an aqua colored Q200.00 bill.
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Depicted above is the one Quitzal, which is a green colored bill and has a picture of José María Orellana, the man who was president of Guatemala during the currency reform on the front.
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The 20 Quitzal is a blue colored bill, and has a picture of Mariano Gálvez, the state leader of the state of Guatemala,within the United Provinces of Central America.
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The one hundred Quitzal is a sepia colored bill and has a picture of Francisco Marroquín, the First Bishop of the Realm of Goathemala, and Founder of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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