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Banco de Guatemala | ½ Quetzal | Obverse: Tecún Umán (~1500-1524), the last ruler of the K'iche' (Quiché) Maya people in nowadays Guatemala. He was slain by the Spanish Conquistador Don Pedro Alvarado (According to the Kaqchikel annals) | Reverse: Tikal Temple - one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization (47m high) |
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