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1500 Guaraníes Apollo 11 Mission
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Paraguay occupy the central field, featuring a five-pointed star within a wreath of palm and olive branches, surmounted by the Cap of Liberty atop a pole. The encircling legend REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY runs along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. The date 1975 is divided across the lower field flanking the arms, with the denomination 1500 GUARANIES inscribed below in two lines. The design is executed in sharp relief with a polished field characteristic of proof-quality strikings. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Paraguay had no meaningful connection to the Apollo 11 mission, yet in the early 1970s it joined a wave of small nations issuing gold commemoratives tied to the moon landing — a practice driven almost entirely by the international collector market rather than any domestic commemorative tradition. Franklin Mint and similar private minting operations actively solicited governments in Latin America and Africa to license their sovereignty for such issues, collecting fees while handling production and distribution themselves.
KM#180 was struck at low mintage for the collector trade and almost certainly never circulated within Paraguay.