Catalog
1 Guaraní Pattern
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Reference(s) | M#73 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1948 - Pattern - Rare |
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Paraguay's postwar monetary reform of 1943 replaced the peso with the guaraní at a rate of 100 to 1, but coinage took years to follow legislation. This 1948 nickel pattern represents one of several competing designs evaluated before the circulating series was finalized — M#73 designation placing it firmly in the pattern sequence rather than any adopted type. The guaraní's early coinage program was complicated by reliance on foreign mints, Paraguay lacking domestic striking facilities.