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3000 Guaraníes Ludwig van Beethoven
| Issuer | Banco Central del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY 19 74 3000 GUARANIES (Translation: Republic of Paraguay 19 74 3000 Guaranies) |
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Paraguay's 1974 commemorative gold program was a creature of the Stroessner dictatorship's appetite for hard currency earnings — these issues were minted almost exclusively for export sale to foreign collectors, never intended to circulate domestically. The Beethoven piece appeared in the year of the composer's 1974 bicentennial commemorations, a convenient hook for international marketing rather than any particular Paraguayan cultural connection to the composer.
KM#132 is part of a broader multi-denomination series issued that year, all sharing the .900 fine gold specification across varying weights.