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4 Pesos Fuertes Silver 'Bouvet' Pattern
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A seated allegorical female figure representing Liberty occupies the central field, holding an olive branch symbolising peace in one hand and a sword and scales symbolising justice in the other. The composition is rendered in a classical neoclassical style typical of mid-nineteenth-century South American pattern coinage. The date 1855 is inscribed in the lower exergue beneath the figure. |
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Paraguay had no functioning mint in 1855, and this pattern — attributed to the Bouvet firm in Paris — was among several foreign-struck proposals commissioned during the Carlos Antonio López administration as the country attempted to establish a modern coinage system. None of the Bouvet patterns entered circulation. The López government ultimately failed to launch a domestic silver coinage in this period, leaving these pieces as the only physical evidence of the attempt.