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| Issuer | Sociedade Numismática Paranaense |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Designer(s) | Fagner Máximo da Silveira |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Sociedade Numismática Paranaense 1a Estampa Dr. Gabirusense Gabirú Diretor da Caixa de Amortização Jaguatirica 1a Estampa 1a Série - Numeradas de 0001 a 0200 50 (Translation: 50 Numismatic Society of Parana 1st Print. Dr. Gabirusense Gabirú Amortization Cash Director Ocelot 1st Print 1st Series - Numbered 0001 to 0200 50) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Issuer name appears at upper right, with the commemorative inscription '25 Anos 1991–2016' below. Face value numeral '50' at upper left, with 'Cinquenta Araucárias' and the numeral '50' at lower right; a disclaimer legend occupies the lower left. |
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The Sociedade Numismática Paranaense issued this commemorative exonumia piece to mark the organization's 25th anniversary — a regional collectors' society based in Paraná, Brazil, with the "Araucária" denomination a purely notional unit named after the araucaria pine native to southern Brazil's plateau region. These have no monetary value and were never intended to circulate, functioning instead as membership premiums and trading pieces within the Brazilian exonumia collecting community.
The "1st Print" designation matters here: SNP anniversary notes of this type were occasionally issued in multiple print runs with subtle differences, and first-print copies typically carry the lower serial numbers sought by specialists.