Catalog
1.000 Pesos
| Issuer | El Banco de la República (Paraguay) |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Printer | Lit. T. Bouchard, Buenos Aires |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays an elaborate guilloche border framing the central vignette, with the heading REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY across the top. A central allegorical vignette shows two seated figures, with the bank title EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA in bold lettering above. The denomination MIL PESOS appears in a dark ribbon panel at the bottom center, with the numeral 1000 repeated in each corner, and the series and serial number fields positioned below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY EL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR MONEDA DE CURSO LEGAL MIL PESOS NÚMERO SERIE |
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El Banco de la República del Paraguay was a short-lived institution, operating from 1906 until its liquidation in 1916 after years of financial mismanagement and political instability. This 1907 issue came early in the bank's existence, when Paraguay was still rebuilding its monetary infrastructure decades after the catastrophic losses of the War of the Triple Alliance had effectively destroyed the country's population and economy.
Lit. T. Bouchard was a Buenos Aires lithographic house that handled a range of South American commercial and financial printing work. At the 1,000 Pesos denomination, this would have been a high-value instrument in limited daily use — more likely held by merchants and government offices than passing through ordinary hands.