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4500 Guaraníes Teotihuacana Culture Sculpture
| Issuer | Banco Central del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY PAZ Y JUSTICIA 19 73 4500 GUARANIES (Translation: Republic of Paraguay Peace and Justice 19 73 4500 Guaranies) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Paraguay's 1973 gold series was issued under the Stroessner dictatorship as part of a broader program to generate hard currency through collector and investor sales abroad — these coins were never intended for domestic circulation. The Teotihuacana subject is conspicuously foreign to Paraguayan heritage; the series pulled pre-Columbian imagery from across the Americas with little regard for geographic connection to Paraguay itself.
KM#96 is part of a multi-denomination release that included silver companion pieces, all struck to commemorate pre-Columbian cultures as a commercial numismatic product rather than any national commemorative impulse.