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1000 Guaranies Guarani value on reverse - TDLR printer
| Issuer | Banco Central del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1982-1995 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Purple-brown intaglio print on multicolour underprint. A portrait vignette of Mariscal Francisco Solano López is positioned at right, with the national coat of arms at left and the denomination numeral centred between them. The obligation text is arranged in a guilloche-framed panel below the central motif. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEL PARAGUAY SU GUARANI ORATORIO DE LA VIRGEN DE LA ASUNCION Y PANTEON NACIONAL DE LOS HEROES (Translation: Republic of Paraguay One Thousand Guaranies Oratory of the Virgin of the Assumption and National Pantheon of the Heroes) |
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Paraguay's 1982 series represented a significant upgrade in printing quality for the Banco Central, moving production to Thomas De La Rue at a time when counterfeiting pressure on high-denomination guaraní notes was becoming a genuine concern. The 1000 Gs denomination was the workhorse of the series — high enough to carry real purchasing power through the chronic inflation of the late 1980s, yet not so large as to be treated as a savings instrument. Circulation wear on surviving examples is accordingly heavy.
The thirteen-year print run without a fundamental redesign is itself notable — a sign of institutional inertia as much as monetary stability.