Guatemala 1/2 Quetzal Banknote, 1998, P-98, UNC

This uncirculated half-quetzal note from Guatemala is a standard circulation banknote issued by the Bank of Guatemala and printed by De La Rue. It is a brown, green, orange, red, and yellow banknote that is dated 9 January 1998, bears the signatures of Edwin Giovanni Verbena de Leon, Edin Homero Velasquez Escobedo, and Luis Arturo Aguilar Solares, and measures 156 mm x 67 mm. Its obverse side shows a flying quetzal bird, a stylized temple with glyphs, and a portrait of national hero Tecun Uman. Its reverse side depicts a view of Temple I in Tikal and Mayan glyphs. Though the banknote does not have a security thread or a watermark, it has a registration device that shows a Mayan man seated with a cup.