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100 Guaranies Spanish value on reverse
| Issuer | Banco Central del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY 100 CIEN GUARANIES RUINAS DE HUMAITA 1865/70 CIEN GUARANIES (Translation: Republic of Paraguay One Hundred Guaranies Humaita ruins 1865/70 One Hundred Guaraníes) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The P#198 sits within a transitional moment for Paraguayan currency — the early 1960s saw the Banco Central working to stabilize the guaraní following the chronic inflation of the late Stroessner-era monetary mismanagement of the 1950s, when the currency lost catastrophic value before IMF-backed reforms took hold in 1957. By 1963, confidence was returning, and De La Rue's involvement was partly a credibility signal: Asunción wanted the international recognition that came with a London printer's imprimatur.
The "Spanish value on reverse" designation in the series distinguishes this issue from related printings where the denomination text treatment differs — a small but catalogically meaningful variation.