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4500 Guaraníes Giuseppe Garibaldi
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | At center, the Paraguayan national arms (Sello de Hacienda) depicted in high relief, featuring a central shield with a golden star above, flanked by a palm branch on the left and an olive branch on the right, with a lion passant and the motto PAZ Y JUSTICIA inscribed on a ribbon within the shield. The date 1974 is divided across the lower field, flanking the arms, with the denomination 4500 GUARANIES inscribed along the lower rim. The circular legend REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY runs along the upper periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY PAZ Y JUSTICIA 19 74 4500 GUARANIES (Translation: Republic of Paraguay Peace and Justice 19 74 4500 Guaranies) |
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Issued as part of Paraguay's extensive 1970s commemorative gold program under Alfredo Stroessner, this piece honors Garibaldi's well-documented but often overlooked South American years — he spent nearly a decade in Uruguay and Brazil before returning to Italy, commanding forces in the Uruguayan Civil War and developing the guerrilla tactics he would later deploy in the Risorgimento campaigns. Paraguay produced these large-format gold issues primarily for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, with Swiss and Italian firms heavily involved in their distribution.