Chile 1895 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This gold five pesos piece was minted in Santiago, Chile, in 1895-96. This issue weighed only 40% of the earlier five pesos minted 1851-73. A similar design was used on the gold ten pesos (KM 154).

Recorded mintage: 3,002,000.

Specification: 2.99 g, 0.900 fine gold, .088 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 153.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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