Paraguay 1951 50 centimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This fifty centimos was struck for Paraguay in 1944 and 1951. It was accompanied by aluminum bronze one, five, ten and twenty-five centimos. The 1953 issue was the last coin for Paraguay until the 1972 Olympic commemoratives. The peso was dropped in favor of the guarani in 1944.

Recorded mintage: 2,893,000 (common in all grades).

Specification: aluminum bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 29.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1950-HF centimo
• 1951 25 centimos
• 1973 300 guaranies
• Coins and currency dated 1951
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