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4 Pesos Fuertes Copper 'Bouvet' Pattern
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Value | 4 Pesos |
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| Reverse description | A draped allegorical figure of Liberty is depicted seated, holding an olive branch in one hand as a symbol of peace, and a sword and scales in the other hand as symbols of justice. The figure occupies the central field in a classical academic style typical of 19th-century pattern coinage. The year of issue, 1867, is inscribed in the exergue below the seated figure. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Paraguay in 1867 was deep into the War of the Triple Alliance — the most destructive conflict in South American history, which would ultimately kill the majority of the country's adult male population. Francisco Solano López's government was financially strangled, and various emergency coinage schemes were explored. This pattern is attributed to Bouvet, a Paris-based diesinker, suggesting López's agents were still negotiating with European suppliers even as the war consumed the country. It never entered production.