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1500 Guaraníes Albert Einstein
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Value | 1500 Guaraníes |
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| Obverse description | The Paraguayan national arms, featuring a five-pointed star at center surrounded by radiating rays and enclosed within a wreath of palm and olive branches, occupies the central field. The legend REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 19 74 divided at the base of the arms and the denomination 1500 GUARANIES inscribed in the lower exergue. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued as part of Paraguay's extensive 1970s collector gold series, this piece belongs to a program that had little to do with Einstein specifically and everything to do with hard currency generation under Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship. Paraguay minted dozens of commemorative gold pieces during this period targeting the foreign collector market — a reliable method of acquiring foreign exchange without disrupting domestic monetary policy.
Einstein died in 1955, nearly two decades before this coin was struck. Paraguay had no particular historical connection to him.