Paraguay 1997 500 guaranies KM-194

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck by the Canberra mint for Paraguay in 1997. A modified version, with the denomination at the bottom (KM 195), was struck 1997-98, 2002 and 2005 at Llantrisant and Winnipeg. Numista comments, "Juan Bernardino Caballero de Añasco y Melgarejo (20 May 1839, Ybycuí, Paraguay – 26 February 1912, Asunción) was a Paraguayan War veteran, the President of Paraguay from 1880 until 1886 and founder of the Colorado Party. He was the leading political figure in Paraguay from early-post-war period until the Liberal revolution of 1904."

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000 plus a few of KM 195.

Specification: 7.85 g, brass plated steel, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 194.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1995 50 guaranies
• 1996 100 guaranies
• 1997 guarani, Ibero-American, Paraguayan bottle dance
• Coins and currency dated 1997