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5 Pesos Fuertes Silver Pattern
| Issuer | Paraguay |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Currency | Peso (1856-1944) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the denomination numeral '5' surmounted by a five-pointed star, all enclosed within a plain shield or cartouche at centre. The legend 'PESOS FUERTES' is inscribed vertically along the sides of the central device. The entire composition is framed by a wreath of laurel branches tied at the base, a classic motif in Latin American numismatic design of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Paraguay in 1873 was a gutted nation. The War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) had killed an estimated 60–70% of the country's total population — and well over 90% of its adult male population — leaving the government functionally dependent on Brazilian occupation forces and foreign loans to reconstitute any institutional infrastructure, including a monetary one. This pattern was struck amid those efforts to establish a workable currency framework for a country that had almost ceased to exist.
As a pattern, it never entered circulation. The fiscal situation remained too unstable for a silver coinage to take hold.