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3000 Guaraníes Francisco Solano López
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#82 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust portrait of Marshal Francisco Solano López, depicted with a full beard and military collar bearing a small decorative cross motif at the center. The effigy is rendered in high relief and occupies the majority of the coin's field. The legend MARISCAL FRANCISCO SOLANO LOPEZ curves along the upper periphery, with a small dot separator at the lower portion of the border. A beaded border encircles the design. |
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Francisco Solano López led Paraguay into the War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) against Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay simultaneously — a conflict that killed an estimated 60–70% of Paraguay's total population and over 90% of its adult male population. The postwar country was so demographically destroyed that it took generations to recover any semblance of its pre-war numbers.
This 1973 issue appeared under Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship, which actively rehabilitated López as a nationalist hero to shore up Paraguayan identity — a deliberate political reframing of a commander whose decisions had come close to erasing the nation entirely.