Name of the country, one of the two national coats of arms (Sello Nacional)
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY (Translation: Republic of Paraguay)
Reverse description
Denomination and year of issue
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
CENTESIMOS
4
1870 (Translation: CENT 4 1870)
Edge
Plain
Mint
Asunción, Paraguay SHAW Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Mintage
1870 - KM# 4.2 Neither SAEZ nor SHAW, unknown mint, no bow tying wreaths on obverse - 1870 SAEZ - KM# 4.3 Asunción Mint (Paraguay); no bow tying wreaths on obverse with Saez mark - 1870 SHAW - KM# 4.1 Birmingham Mint (UK); bow tying wreaths on obverse -