瓜地馬拉格查爾
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瓜地馬拉格查爾（Guatemalan Quetzal 原符號：Q 標準符號：GTQ）
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貨幣名稱格查爾（Quetzal）的由來：在中美洲地區，特別是瓜地馬拉北部的深山密林，棲息著一種啄木鳥的同宗---“格查爾”。格查爾是印第安語，意思是 “金綠色的羽毛“。它是有名的“森林醫生”，也是世界上極美的鳥兒。雌鳥大小如鴿子，全身羽毛艷麗，紅腹綠背，頭和胸部呈淺色。一會兒黃，一會兒綠，一會兒又變成紅、橙、五光十色，絢麗多彩。格查爾鳥在瓜地馬拉人民心中目享有崇高的地位。它性情高潔，酷愛自由，所以有“自由之鳥”的美稱。格查爾鳥喜歡成雙成對地生活，形影不離，所以它又是愛情的象徵。青年男女間說意思就是親愛的。美麗的格查爾鳥是瓜地馬拉人民的驕傲，瓜地馬拉人民把它視為自由、愛國、友誼的象徵，經政府正式宣佈，定它為國鳥。把它作為錢幣上的標誌，還用法律規定禁止捕捉格查爾鳥。
幣值與進位換算：1GTQ=100 centavos（分），鑄幣幣值有: 1、5、10、25分
The history of Guatemalan Quetzal
The Guatemalan quetzal was first Introduced as the national currency in 1925, it replaced the Guatemalan peso at a rate of sixty pesos to one quetzal. The quetzal is named after the national bird of Guatemala, the Quetzal bird or Resplendent Quetzal. In ancient Mayan times, the Quetzal bird’s tail feathers were used as currency.
In 1945 it was decided that the issue of banknotes would only be allowed by the state and during the same year The Banco de Guatemala was formed. In 1948 the Banco de Guatemala issued its first banknotes and since it has been the sole banknote issuer in the country until this day.
Up until 1979 the value of the quetzal was pegged equal to the US dollar. Both US dollars and quetzals circulated side by side in the country. After 1979 the value of the quetzal has traded freely against other world currencies.
The Guatemalan quetzal is divided into 100 centavos, and its ISO 4217 code is GTQ. The plural of quetzal is quetzales in Spanish or in anglicized form quetzals.
Current banknotes in circulation come in denominations of 50 centavos, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 quetzals. Coins currently come in 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 centavos and 1 quetzal.
The Banco de Guatemala issued a new 100 quetzales banknote early this year. The new banknotes is similar to the previous design but has a holographic strip added to improve security. The Banco de Guatemala has announced that a new polymer 1 quetzal banknote will be issued in May 2007. It is also planned that in the not to distant future the Banco de Guatemala will issued new high value banknotes in 200, 500 and 1000 quetzal denominations. The main designs of the front and back, as well as the dominating color of the new banknotes will be determined by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, but as of yet no final decision has been announced.
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