Chile 1976 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a type struck in Chile 1976-80. It celebrates the third anniversary of the coup which overthrew the Allende government in favor of a military dicatorship. The escudo superseded the peso in 1960, with one escudo = 1000 pesos. The escudo itself was abandoned in 1975 for a return to the peso, with 1 new peso = 100 escudos.

Recorded mintage: 2,100,000.

Specification: 6.66 g, copper-nickel, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 209.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1975 centavo
• 1975 5 centavos
• 1975 10 centavos
• 1975 50 centavos
• 1976 10 centavos
• 1976 peso
• 1976 10 pesos, 3rd anniversary of the Pinochet dictatorship
• 1976 20 pesos
• 1976 100 pesos, 3rd anniversary of the Pinochet dictatorship
• 1978 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1976