Currency of Guatemala 100 Quetzales banknote 1968 Banco De Guatemala
Obverse: Bust of Indio de Nahuala at left, value "100" in oval guilloche and quetzal in flight at upper centre. In each corner, the denomination value "100" within a guilloche. In the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE GUATEMALA".
Reverse: City of La Antigua Guatemala and Volcanes de Fuego and Acatenango visible in distance in valley of Antigua, value "100" in oval guilloche at left. In the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE GUATEMALA". In each corner, the denomination value "100" within a guilloche.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd, London England.
Guatemala banknotes - Guatemala paper money
Banco De Guatemala
1964-1973
"Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd, London England" Issue
0,50 Quetzal 1 Quetzal 5 Quetzales 10 Quetzales 20 Quetzales
50 Quetzales 100 Quetzales
Indio de Nahuala
In Mesoamerican folk religion, a Nagual or Nahual is a human being who has the power to transform either spiritually or physically into an animal form: most commonly a donkey, turkey, or dog, but also other and more powerful animals, such as the jaguar and puma.
Such a Nagual is believed to use their powers for good or evil according to their personality. Specific beliefs vary, but the general concept of nagualism is pan-Mesoamerican. Nagualism is linked with pre-Columbian shamanistic practices through Preclassic Olmec depictions which are interpreted as human beings transforming themselves into animals. The system is linked with the Mesoamerican calendrical system, used for divination rituals. The birth date often determines if a person will be a Nagual. Mesoamerican belief in tonalism, wherein every person has an animal counterpart to which his life force is linked, is also part of the definition of nagualism. In English the word is often translated as "transforming witch", but translations without the negative connotations of the word witch would be "transforming trickster" or "shape shifter".