¿Cuál es la Moneda de Guatemala?
La moneda de Guatemala es el quetzal, el cual se designa con una "Q". Los billetes del Quetzal vienen en denominaciones de 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 y 100. El tipo de cambio usualmente está alrededor de Q 7.5 - Q 8 a $1 USD. Por otra parte, las monedas tienen denominaciones de 1, 5, 10, 25 y 50 centavos, al igual que una moneda de Q 1. Es posible que en localidades pequeñas se le dificulte cambiar billetes grandes (como uno de Q 100, por ejemplo); por esta razón, es recomendable portar billetes más pequeños en estos lugares.

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