3000 Guaraníes Pope John XXIII

Features

Issuer	Paraguay
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Paraguay (Banco Central del Paraguay)
Period	Republic (1811-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1974
Value	3000 Guaraníes 3000 PYG = USD 0.49
Currency	Guarani (1944-date)
Composition	Gold (.900)
Weight	21.30 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Number	N# 170458
References	KM# 141 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Pope John XXIII

Series: Popes

Obverse

National Arms, date and denomination below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY
19 74
3000
GUARANIES

Translation:
Republic of Paraguay
19 74
3000
Guaranies

Reverse

Head of Pope John XXIII Facing

Script: Latin

Lettering: · PAPST JOHANNES XXIII ·

Translation: · Pope John XXIII ·

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Pope John XXIII (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was one of thirteen children born to a family of sharecroppers who lived in Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, as nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. In a consistory on 12 January 1953 Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca in addition to naming him as the Patriarch of Venice.

Roncalli was unexpectedly elected pope on 28 October 1958 at age 76 after 11 ballots. Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the first session opening on 11 October 1962. His passionate views on equality were summed up in his statement, "We were all made in God's image, and thus, we are all Godly alike."

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1974			1 500									Krupp VDM Stuttgart (Proof)

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Actual gold weight: 0.616 oz

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