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3000 Guaraníes Apollo 11 Mission
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY 19 75 3000 GUARANIES (Translation: Republic of Paraguay 19 75 3000 Guaranies) |
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Paraguay had no meaningful connection to the Apollo 11 mission — this is straightforwardly a collector-market coin, one of dozens issued by smaller nations throughout the 1970s capitalizing on space-program nostalgia for foreign exchange revenue. The practice was widespread enough that the Franklin Mint and similar distributors actively solicited governments to license their mints for exactly this purpose.
KM#175 was part of a broader Paraguayan gold proof series from this period targeting the American and European collector market, not domestic circulation.