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Guardian® bank notes
 
 
Paraguay
 
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

República del Paraguay
Capital Asunción
Population (millions) 6.8
Area (sq km) 406,750
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 4,000

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 29th All varieties 3
Year of the first polymer issue 2009 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 1 Specimen 1
Current status Polymer and paper Regular 2
New polymer issues expected? Yes Replacement 0

 

 

General information

  

 

 

Banco Central del Paraguay (Español)

 

 

 
General Manager
(Gerente General)		 President
(Presidente)

Jorge Aurelio Villalba Leguizamón
Jorge Raúl Corvalán Mendoza
 

 

 

 

Proof notes / Paraguay

 

Newspaper article: Polymer material considered for low-denomination bank notes (2011)
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Paraguay S1 Guarani 2,000 156x67 P-new OT, GD Guardian®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1S1 2008 Leguizamón-Mendoza SPECIMEN not given F  B
S1R1 2008 Leguizamón-Mendoza printed by OT €2.00
 F  B
S1R2 2009 Leguizamón-Mendoza printed by GD €2.00
 F  B
 

Issued in 2009. 20 million notes were printed.

 

In a press release dated 20.01.09, the Central Bank of Paraguay explained that 2,000 Guarani polymer bank notes are expected to be issued in the near future and that other denominations might be converted to polymer as well at a later date.