Chile 1973 50 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type first struck in Santiago, Chile, in 1926. It was issued sporadically 1958-74 with no pretense of it being a circulating coin, especially since the peso had been dropped in favor of the escudo in 1960. It was and is a bullion coin, along with a similar gold twenty pesos (KM 168) and 100 pesos (KM 175). The listings in the SCWC are sketchy and lack this date, which could be (but probably isn't) rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.17 g, 0.900 fine gold, .294 troy oz AGW, 24.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-55, KM 169 (unlisted date).

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1970 50 pesos
• 1971 10 centésimos
• 1971 20 centésimos
• 1971 50 centésimos
• 1971 escudo
• 1971 100 pesos
• 1972 escudo
• 1972 5 escudos
• 1974 100 escudos
• 1974 50 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1973
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