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1500 Guaraníes Wilhelm Tell
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#125 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1974 - Krupp VDM Stuttgart (Proof) - 1,500 |
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Paraguay's 1974 gold issues were part of a broader series commissioned to capitalize on the international commemorative coin market that exploded after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics normalized government-issued collector pieces. The Wilhelm Tell subject had no particular connection to Paraguay — the series drew themes from European iconography largely because that was what foreign buyers wanted.
KM#125 was struck at the Casa de Moneda in Asunción under the Stroessner government, which used hard currency from collector coin sales as a modest but real source of foreign exchange revenue throughout the 1970s.