Evidence coverage: 1924–1926. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Dated changes of monetary basis; founding ancestry remains above.
Guatemala deliberately defined the quetzal equal to one US dollar and chose sixty pesos per quetzal using prior dollar exchange values.
1924–1925 · unit adoption event
1 GTQ = 1 USD at reform; 60 local pesos = 1 GTQ.
Monetary reform with implemented local peso conversion and subsequent quetzal issue.
Dollar value was explicitly selected; this is more than matching metal content. No ongoing peg or transfer of US debts is inferred.
Unit adoption is a historical event; no continuing peg is inferred. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.
Evidence and relationship details Register entry →QuetzalUSDfoundingrelation isgoldstandardparity; actuallocalpredecessor wasGuatemalanpeso, exchanged60:1. ExcludeUSDparity fromancestrypaths; addexistingpeso→quetzal replacement.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The issuer states that the November 1924 monetary law created the quetzal as a gold-standard monetary unit.
C495The quetzal replaced the Guatemalan peso at sixty pesos per quetzal.
C992The new quetzal was defined as equal to one US dollar at its creation. Founding unit definition, not inference from a later exchange-rate peg.
C993Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The issuer states that the November 1924 monetary law created the quetzal as a gold-standard monetary unit.
Paragraph beginning En noviembre de 1924
The quetzal replaced the Guatemalan peso at sixty pesos per quetzal.
Paragraphs on November 1924 reform, initial dollar equivalence and 60-peso conversion
The new quetzal was defined as equal to one US dollar at its creation. Founding unit definition, not inference from a later exchange-rate peg.
Paragraphs on November 1924 reform, initial dollar equivalence and 60-peso conversion
QuetzalUSDfoundingrelation isgoldstandardparity; actuallocalpredecessor wasGuatemalanpeso, exchanged60:1.
Printedpp108,119/PDF112,123; discussion decrees879,1379 and1925lawchVIarts49–57
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Guatemalan quetzal replaced the local peso accountunit in the monetary conversion implemented at60pesos perquetzal.
Printedpp108,119/PDF112,123; discussion decrees879,1379 and1925lawchVIarts49–57
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Guatemala deliberately defined the quetzal equal to one US dollar and chose sixty pesos per quetzal using prior dollar exchange values.
Reform paragraphs, web lines 273–276