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Issuing authority

Paraguay

South American republic issuing guarani and earlier peso money.

Kind
republic
Region
Southern Cone, South America
Recorded period
1811 – present

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

8

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

8 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1868 – 1943

8 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Paraguay, 2 centesimos, 1868

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Paraguay, 2 centesimos, 1868

1868

Copper coin. Obverse: seated lion facing right with an upright arrow behind it, on the point of which is a Phrygian cap surrounded by rays. Year at the bottom. Reverse: value designation: dos cents. on two lines. Plain edge. Pattern. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5327; its record gives ma…

Documented

Partial type record

1 Peso, Paraguay, 1894 (Pick 88)

CGB via Numista

banknotes

1 Peso, Paraguay, 1894 (Pick 88)

1894

This 1 Peso note was issued in Paraguay, dated 1894. It belongs to the Peso (1856-1944) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1811-date). It measures 120 × 60 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 88. Obverse: Black…

Documented

Partial type record

20 Pesos, Paraguay, 1899 (Pick 100)

Bank Note Museum via Numista

banknotes

20 Pesos, Paraguay, 1899 (Pick 100)

1899

This 20 Pesos note was issued in Paraguay, dated 1899. It belongs to the Peso (1856-1944) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1811-date). It measures 160 × 85 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 100. Obverse: Bla…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Paraguay, Paraguay, 1907 (Pick 156)

National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History via Numista

banknotes

5 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Paraguay, Paraguay, 1907 (Pick 156)

1907

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Paraguay by the Bank of the Republic of Paraguay, dated 1907. It belongs to the Peso (1856-1944) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1811-date). It measures 140 × 70 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money li…

Documented

Partial type record

50 Centavos, Paraguay, 1907 (Pick 115)

uk-ry39 via Numista

banknotes

50 Centavos, Paraguay, 1907 (Pick 115)

1907

This 50 Centavos note was issued in Paraguay, dated 1907. It belongs to the Peso (1856-1944) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1811-date). It measures 105 × 62 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 115. Obverse:…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pesos, Oficina de Cambios, Paraguay, 1916 (Pick 140)

Bank Note Museum via Numista

banknotes

5 Pesos, Oficina de Cambios, Paraguay, 1916 (Pick 140)

1916

This 5 Pesos note was issued in Paraguay by Oficina de Cambios, dated 1916. It belongs to the Peso (1856-1944) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1811-date). It measures 145 × 75 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pi…

Documented

Partial type record

10 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Paraguay, Paraguay, 1936 (Pick 164)

CGB via Numista

banknotes

10 Pesos, Bank of the Republic of Paraguay, Paraguay, 1936 (Pick 164)

1936

This 10 Pesos note was issued in Paraguay by the Bank of the Republic of Paraguay, dated 1936. It belongs to the Peso (1856-1944) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1811-date). It measures 150 × 75 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money l…

Documented

Partial type record

Paraguayan guarani banknotes

Auction house “California Auction Company LLC”, via Invaluable

banknotes

Paraguayan guarani banknotes

from 1943

Paraguayan guaraní banknotes are paper and polymer currency issued for Paraguay following the monetary reform law passed in October 1943 that replaced the peso fuerte. The production of the notes has been entrusted to various international security printers over time, including De La Rue, Giesecke & Devrient, the Po…

Documented

Partial type record

Entries by catalogue category

  • Banknotes7
  • Modern World Coins1

Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.

Dated entries by century

  • 19th century3
  • 20th century5

Only the 8 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Paper6
  • Copper1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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