Quetzal (currency)
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The quetzal (ISO 4217 code: GTQ) is the national unit of currency of Guatemala. It is named after the national bird of Guatemala, the quetzal. It is divided into 100 centavos. The plural can be either quetzales (as it is in Spanish) or quetzals (in a slightly anglicised form). In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. Having a currency named after the bird carries a strong historical value indicative of the native peoples of Guatemala.
Until 1979 it was pegged to and domestically equal to the US dollar.
- 1 centavo
- 5 centavos
- 10 centavos
- 25 centavos
- 50 centavos
- 1 quetzal
Banknotes in circulation
- 1 quetzal
- 5 quetzales
- 10 quetzales
- 20 quetzales
- 50 quetzales
- 100 quetzales
Exchange rates as of March 2005:
Current GTQ exchange rates
AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, INR, NZD, USD
| Currencies of The Americas | |
|---|---|
| North | Bermuda dollar | Canadian dollar | Danish krone (Greenland) | Euro (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon) | Mexican peso | US dollar |
| Central | Belize dollar | Costa Rican colón | Guatemalan quetzal | Honduran lempira | Nicaraguan córdoba | Panamanian balboa | US dollar (El Salvador) |
| Caribbean | Aruban florin | Bahamian dollar | Barbadian dollar | Cayman dollar | Cuban peso | Cuban convertible peso | Dominican peso | East Caribbean dollar | Euro (Guadeloupe, Martinique) | Haitian gourde | Jamaican dollar | Netherlands Antilles florin | Trinidad and Tobago dollar |
| South | Argentine peso | Bolivian boliviano | Brazilian real | Chilean peso | Colombian peso | Euro (French Guiana) | Falkland pound | Guyanese dollar | Paraguayan guaraní | Peruvian nuevo sol | Suriname dollar | US dollar (Ecuador) | Uruguayan peso | Venezuelan bolívar
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