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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1900-1903 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos (0.05) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 CENTAVOS |
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| Additional information |
Paraguay's monetary system was effectively rebuilt from scratch in the 1880s and 1890s following the catastrophic War of the Triple Alliance, which killed an estimated 60–70% of the country's male population and left the economy in ruins. These small copper-nickel pieces were among the first stable fractional coins issued under the reformed currency framework established by the Banco del Paraguay y Río de la Plata.
Struck at the Hamburg mint, a common contracting choice for South American states lacking domestic minting infrastructure at the turn of the century.