Catalog
100 000 Guaranies
| Issuer | Banco Central del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Predominantly green, yellow-brown and multicolour, with the issuer title BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY across the top and a central portrait vignette of San Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628). Denominational numerals and text appear in the upper corners and at centre, flanked on each side by one of the two official Paraguayan coats of arms; a vertical red serial number is printed at left and a horizontal black serial number at right, with a security thread near centre and a see-through register device in the form of a flower at lower left. Fine guilloche underprint covers the field. |
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| Protection type | Security thread, See-through register, Watermark |
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The 100,000 Guaraní denomination was introduced in 1998 partly as a practical response to the chronic inflation Paraguay had experienced through the late 1980s and early 1990s, which steadily eroded the purchasing power of lower denominations. By the mid-1990s, the 50,000 Guaraní note — itself only introduced a few years earlier — was no longer sufficient for routine large transactions.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement in Paraguayan currency production stretches back decades, and this note is among the higher-value pieces the London printer produced for the Banco Central. The see-through register feature, aligning printed elements on both faces to form a composite image when held to light, was still relatively novel for Paraguayan issues at this denomination level.