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| Issuer | Sociedade Numismática Paranaense |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Designer(s) | Fagner Maximo da Silveira |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of a young woman at right, facing left. Issuer name appears along the top, with face value in numerals at upper right and in numerals and words at lower left and center. The SNP coat of arms occupies the center of the vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Central allegorical vignette flanked at left by the coat of arms of the fictional state. The name of the fictional state runs along the top, face value in numerals appears at upper left, and in words at center right. An explanatory inscription occupies the lower right. |
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The Sociedade Numismática Paranaense, based in Curitiba, Paraná, issued this commemorative fantasy note to mark its 25th anniversary — a practice common among Latin American numismatic clubs that produce privately circulated exonumia as both collectibles and trading currency among members. The araucária, the Paraná pine, is the defining botanical emblem of the southern Brazilian state, and the denomination name draws directly from it rather than from any official monetary unit.
The designation "2nd Print" indicates a subsequent pressing was authorized after the initial run, likely due to demand from members who missed the first issue. Production quantities for both printings remain unpublished by the society.