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4500 Guaraníes Munich Olympics - Boxer
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic full-figure depiction of a male boxer in fighting stance occupies the left portion of the field, rendered in high relief with gloves raised in guard position. To the right, a vertical dividing line separates the athlete from the Olympic five-ring symbol in the upper right field and the stylized Munich 1972 Olympic Games sunburst emblem below it. The legend MUNCHEN appears in the lower exergue, with the year 1972 inscribed directly beneath. The entire design is framed by a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | MUNCHEN 1972 (Translation: Munich 1972) |
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Paraguay's 1973 Munich Olympics commemorative series was issued a full year after the Games concluded, which places it squarely in the wave of opportunistic gold issues that smaller nations produced with no organizational connection to the Munich organizing committee. The series was struck for the collector and bullion market, not domestic circulation — Paraguay's economy at the time under Stroessner had no use for a 31-gram gold piece in everyday trade.
The Munich Games themselves were overshadowed by the September 1972 massacre of eleven Israeli athletes and coaches by the Black September organization. That the IOC opted to continue competition after a 34-hour suspension remains one of the most contested decisions in Olympic history.