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5000 Guaranies Series C

5000 Guaranies (Series C) - obverse5000 Guaranies (Series C) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Paraguay
Issuing bank Central Bank of Paraguay (Banco Central del Paraguay)
Period Republic (1811-date)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 2000-2003
Value 5000 Guaranies
5000 PYG = USD 0.82
Currency Guarani (1944-date)
Composition Paper
Size 157 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
227390
References Pratt# MC221.j, MC221.k
Miguel Ángel Pratt Mayans; 2012. Billetes del Paraguay = Banknotes of Paraguay (3rd Edition). Self-published.
, P# 220
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Series: Law no.489 of 29.06.1995 (1995-2003 Issue)

Obverse

Orange-brown print.
Don Carlos Antonio Lopez, first president of Paraguay, to the right. Value to the left; Coat of Arms and Series (year) in the center; diamond at lower left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5000 BANCO CENTRAL DEL 5000
BANCO CENTRAL
DEL PARAGUAY
REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY PAZ Y JUSTICIA
EL BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY RECONOCE ESTE BILLETE POR
CINCO MIL GUARANIES
SERIE 2003
ESTE BILLETE TIENE CURSO LEGAL Y FUERZA CANCELATORIA ILIMITADA EN TODO EL TERRITORIO DE LA REPUBLICA (LEY 489 DEL 29 DE JUNIO DE 1995)
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED.

Translation:
Central Bank of Paraguay
The Central Bank of Paraguay acknowledges this banknote for FIve Thousand Guaranies
Series 2003
This banknote is legal tender and has unlimited cancellation value all over the Republic territory. (Law# 489 from June 29th., 1995).

Reverse

Orange-brown print.
Palace of the Lopez, the resident of the president of Paraguay.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5000 REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY 5000
PALACIO DE LOS LÓPEZ
PO SU GUARANI
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED.

Translation:
Republic of Paraguay
Five Thousand Guaranies
Lopez's Palace

Signatures

Edgar Isidro Cáceres Vera (EICV) Manager
Samuel Washington Aswell (SWA) President
Gilberto Rodríguez Garcete (GRG) General Manager
Juan Antonio Ortiz Vely (JAOV) President

Printer

Ciccone Calcografica, Argentina

Comments

P# 220a (2000 series) has small diamond and guilloche on lower left corner, on obverse, while P# 220b (2003 series) has bigger diamond, and no guilloche.

P220a (2000) - Small diamond

P220b (2003) - Large diamond

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC References Frequency
2000  EICV, SWA $ 4.50 P# 220a
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Pratt# MC221.j
Miguel Ángel Pratt Mayans; 2012. Billetes del Paraguay = Banknotes of Paraguay (3rd Edition). Self-published.
Prefix C; Small diamond at lower left on front 45%
2003  GRG, JAOV P# 220b
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, Pratt# MC221.k
Miguel Ángel Pratt Mayans; 2012. Billetes del Paraguay = Banknotes of Paraguay (3rd Edition). Self-published.
Prefix C; Large diamond at lower left on front 56%

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