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5 Pesos Fuertes Banco del Estado
| Issuer | Banco del Estado de Paraguay |
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| Year | 1894 |
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| Currency | Peso (1856-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Black on brown and blue underprint, with the national Coat of Arms positioned at right within an elaborate guilloche border. The serial number is printed in red, and the note accommodates two or three signature varieties below the central text panel. Issuing authority legends and the denomination are rendered in letterpress across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in brown, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche underprint surrounding a large central numeral "5" within a circular vignette inscribed "PESOS FUERTES". Ornamental corner numerals and symmetrical lathe-work panels flank the central device, with the text "REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY" carried on decorative ribbon banners at top and bottom. The printer's imprint "GIESECKE & DEVRIENT, LEIPZIG" appears in small lettering along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | No watermark. |
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