Chile 1881 2 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This is a two centavos coin minted in Santiago, Chile, in 1878-94. It superseded a copper-nickel type struck 1870-77 (KM 147). It is a common date of a common type struck 1878-94 but nice examples are always worth a premium. Overdates abound for this series but the SCWC records none for this date.

Recorded mintage: 172,000.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 147a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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