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10 Guaraníes FAO
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Guarani (1944-date) |
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| Reverse description | A boldly rendered head of a zebu bull facing left dominates the left-center field, symbolizing Paraguay's agricultural wealth and the FAO Food for the World program. The large numeral 10 occupies the right-center field in prominent incuse-outlined figures, with the denomination GUARANIES inscribed in capitals along the lower arc. The FAO commemorative legend ALIMENTOS PARA EL MUNDO (Food for the World) curves along the upper periphery, and the design is framed by a plain inner border adjacent to the reeded rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | ALIMENTOS PARA EL MUNDO 10 GUARANIES (Translation: Food for the World 10 Guaraníes) |
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This piece belongs to the FAO coinage program, a United Nations initiative that ran from the late 1960s through the 1990s, commissioning member nations to issue coins promoting food security and agricultural development. Paraguay's participation reflected the country's heavy dependence on agricultural exports — particularly soybeans and cotton — which dominated the economy through the Stroessner decades and into the transitional democratic period that followed his 1989 ouster. The brass-plated steel composition replaced an earlier brass version, a cost-driven change recorded in the KM#178a designation.