Paraguay 1903 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This copper-nickel ten centavos was struck for Paraguay in 1903. By 1903, silver coinage in Paraguay was a distant memory and coinage in general was scanty and irregular. This type is accompanied by a five and twenty centavos and no futher coins were emitted until 1908. The peso was dropped in favor of the guarani in 1944.

Recorded mintage: 1,200,000.

Specification: copper-nickel, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 7.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Paraguay 1889 peso
• Paraguay 1900 5 centavos
• Paraguay 1908 10 centavos
• Paraguay 1938 2 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1903
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