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1000 Guaranies Departamento Monetário
| Issuer | Banco del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Guarani (1944-date) |
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| Obverse description | Red-violet intaglio print on a light underprint, with a central vignette illustrating the scene of the Declaration of Independence of 14 May 1811, rendered in fine line engraving. The Paraguayan Coat of Arms appears at upper right, while the issuing authority's title and denomination are set within elaborate guilloche borders. Two signature varieties are known, with the Gerente General title appearing at left. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in orange-red, the reverse is dominated by a central engraved vignette of the Banco del Paraguay building in Asunción, rendered in fine architectural detail within a ruled frame. Large guilloche rosettes incorporating the numeral "1000" fill the left and right lateral panels, while the denomination "MIL GUARANIES" appears in a cartouche at the foot of the design. The heading "REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY" is set in a decorative panel across the top, with corner numeral counters repeating the value. |
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The Banco del Paraguay was a short-lived institution — it was superseded by the Banco Central del Paraguay in 1952, which means notes like this one had a relatively narrow window of legitimate tender life. The 1943 series coincided with Paraguay's post-Chaco War economic reorganization, when the guaraní itself was still a young currency, having replaced the peso only in 1943 at a rate of 100 pesos per guaraní.
De La Rue's London printing of a Paraguayan note during wartime is itself notable — transatlantic delivery of finished currency during active U-boat operations in the South Atlantic required careful logistical planning. The single watermark security feature reflects the wartime economy of materials at the press.