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50 Centavos Fuertes Banco Nacional del Paraguay
| Issuer | Banco Nacional del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1886 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL DEL PARAGUAY ASUNCIÓN, 1ro. DE ENERO DE 1886 Pagará al portador y á la vista 0.50 CINCUENTA CENTAVOS FUERTES en monedas de oro ó plata sellada de curso legal segun ley de 31 de octubre 1883. (Translation: The National Bank of Paraguay Asunción, January 1st., 1886 Will pay to bearer, at sight, Fifty Centavos Fuertes in coins of gold or sealed silver, of legal tender, as Law from October 31st., 1883.) |
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The Banco Nacional del Paraguay was established in 1880 as the country's first formal bank of issue, created to rebuild financial infrastructure after the catastrophic losses of the War of the Triple Alliance — a conflict that had killed a substantial portion of Paraguay's male population and left the treasury in ruins. This 50 Centavos Fuertes note belongs to the 1886 series, the bank's earliest printed currency, produced by the American Bank Note Company at a time when Asunción had no domestic printing capability remotely adequate for security documents.
The "Fuertes" designation distinguished these notes from the heavily depreciated pesos of the war period.