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4500 Guaraníes Apollo 11 Mission

Issuer Paraguay
Year 1975
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Shape Round
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Reverse script Latin
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Edge Reeded
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Paraguay had no involvement in the Apollo 11 mission and no particular geopolitical reason to commemorate it — this piece belongs squarely to the wave of "space age" gold issues produced throughout the 1970s by smaller nations monetizing collector demand rather than marking any genuine national connection. The Franklin Mint and similar private minting operations facilitated dozens of such contracts with governments willing to lend their sovereign authority to issues intended almost entirely for the international numismatic market, never for domestic circulation.

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