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The quetzal (locally; 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.
The peso was the currency of Guatemala between 1859 and 1925. History. The peso replaced the real, with 1 peso = 8 reales. In 1869, ...
Pages in category "Currencies of Guatemala" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region. ... Guatemalan peso – Guatemala; Guinea Bissau peso ...
Shaw, W.A. (1967) [1896], The history of currency 1252 to 1894: being an account of the gold and silver moneys and monetary standards of Europe and America, together with an examination of the effects of currency and exchange phenomena on commercial and national progress and well-being, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, reprinted by Augustus M ...
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A currency is a kind of money and medium of exchange.Currency includes paper, cotton, or polymer banknotes and metal coins.States generally have a monopoly on the issuing of currency, although some states share currencies with other states.
A Guatemalan court ordered the release Wednesday of journalist José Rubén Zamora, jailed for nearly two years on money laundering charges. Zamora, the 67-year-old founder of El Periodico ...