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Central device depicting a seated lion in profile facing left, with a raised right forepaw resting on a staff or sword, set upon a low platform or exergual line. Above the lion rises a radiant sun with clearly delineated rays, symbolizing the national arms of Paraguay. The entire central design is encircled by a wreath of laurel or palm branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow, and the whole is bordered by a raised beaded rim. |
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| Описание реверса |
Central field features the fractional denomination '1/12' rendered in large bold numerals against a finely engine-turned horizontal line background, all contained within a raised circular border. The peripheral legend REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY arcs around the upper portion of the coin, while the date 1845 appears in the lower segment between the inner circle and the outer beaded rim. The design is clean and typographic in character, consistent with the work of a mechanized mint. |
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Paraguay's first native coinage, authorized after independence from Spain in 1811 but not actually produced until 1845, when the dictatorship of Carlos Antonio López finally moved to establish a functioning monetary infrastructure. The three-decade gap between independence and first coin issue is itself a historical curiosity — the country had been operating largely on barter and foreign currency in the interim.
KM#1 by designation, and genuinely the founding piece of Paraguayan numismatics.