Guatemala

República de Guatemala, Guatemala

Currency :  Quetzal ( 1GTQ = 0.1€)

Coat of arms with teh quetzal : this bird is the symbol of Guatemala. Quetzalli means "beautiful" in mayas.

1 centavo with Bartolome de Las Casas, he was a Spanish Dominican priest.
He made 14 trips between New World and Spain and denounced the massacres of Indians by Spanish colonists.

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