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| Issuer | Sociedade Numismática Paranaense |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 50 Araucárias |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Issuer name appears at upper right, with the commemorative inscription '25 Anos 1991–2016' below. Face value numeral '50' at upper left, with 'Cinquenta Araucárias' and the numeral '50' at lower right; a disclaimer legend occupies the lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Sociedade Numismática Paranaense 25 Anos 1991-2016 "Sem valor legal, feito apenas como curiosidade e propaganda dos 25 anos da SNP". Catedral de Curitiba Cinquenta Araucárias 50 Fagner Máximo da Silveira (Translation: 50 Numismatic Society of Parana 25 Years 1991-2016 "Without legal value, just created as curiosity and promotion for the 25 years of SNP" Curitiba Cathedral Fifty Araucarias 50 Fagner Máximo da Silveira) |
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The Sociedade Numismática Paranaense issued this commemorative exonumia piece to mark the organization's 25th anniversary — a regional collectors' society based in Paraná, Brazil, with the "Araucária" denomination a purely notional unit named after the araucaria pine native to southern Brazil's plateau region. These have no monetary value and were never intended to circulate, functioning instead as membership premiums and trading pieces within the Brazilian exonumia collecting community.
The "1st Print" designation matters here: SNP anniversary notes of this type were occasionally issued in multiple print runs with subtle differences, and first-print copies typically carry the lower serial numbers sought by specialists.