Guatemala ¼-QUETZEL (KM243)
Resplendent Quetzal
The Quetzal is Guatemala's unit of currency (100 centavos = 1 quetzal), and the Resplendent Quetzal is Guatemala's national bird.
This is the "original" species of Quetzal, first described in 1832, but today the name applies to five different species. A very colourful, largish bird, the Resplendent Quetzal is important in Mesoamerican mythologies.
This coin was minted between 1926 and 1929, and again from 1946 to 1949.
27 mm
0.720 Silver
KM243.1
REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA
LEY DE 26 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1924. ¼ QUETZEL
AMERICA-CENTRAL-REPUBLICA-DE-GUATEMALA
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