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| Issuer | República del Paraguay (Government Issue) |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio printing on lilac and yellow underprint, with an allegorical seated female figure as a vignette at left and a vignette of the ruins of Humaita at right. An oval overprint reading "Emisión del Estado" appears at center, alongside the denomination and legal authority text. The overall layout is characteristic of American Bank Note Company engraving conventions of the early twentieth century. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue-gray, the reverse is centered on a vignette of a bearded male portrait at center, with the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Paraguay set within a circular medallion at left, the country name inscribed around its border. The denomination numeral appears alongside the arms in a balanced guilloche-framed layout. |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEL • PARAGUAY • 500 (Translation: Republic of Paraguay) |
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