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2 Pesos Fuertes Oficina de Cambios
| Issuer | Oficina de Cambios del Paraguay |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse is centred on the Paraguayan coat of arms within a circular medallion, with the country name in arched lettering surrounding it. The face value in large numerals occupies both lateral margins, flanking the central medallion. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 REPÚBLICA DEL • PARAGUAY • (Translation: 2 Republic of Paraguay) |
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The Oficina de Cambios del Paraguay was a state exchange office, not a central bank, and its notes occupied an awkward bureaucratic middle ground — technically convertible instruments rather than standard fiduciary currency. The five known signature combinations on this type reflect high turnover among the office's signatories across the note's years of use, which stretched well past the 1916 print date.
American Bank Note Company held Paraguay's printing contracts through much of the early twentieth century, and the plates were kept in New York for reuse across denominations and issuers — cost-efficient, but it meant design refreshes were rare.