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50 Pesos Overprint on P#158
| Issuer | Banco de la República del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red, the reverse is dominated by the Paraguayan Coat of Arms set within an elaborate guilloche at center. The face value is rendered in both letters and numerals on the lateral panels and in lettering below the arms, all contained within a decorative guilloche border. |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY CINCUENTA 50 PESOS (Translation: Republic of Paraguay Fifty Pesos) |
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Paraguay's monetary history around 1912 was defined by chronic instability following the ruinous War of the Triple Alliance, which had wiped out the majority of the male population and left the country financially dependent on foreign creditors for decades. The overprint on P#158 was a fiscal patch — the Banco de la República physically stamping a new denomination over existing stock rather than commissioning a fresh print run, a cost-cutting measure that reflects the institution's constrained position.
Waterlow & Sons had a long relationship with South American issuers, and their work for Paraguay was competent if unremarkable. The overprint itself is the note's defining feature, and condition of that impression — its registration and ink depth — is what separates a clean example from a problematic one.