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The specimen shown is a one year type struck in [[Chile]].  
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The specimen shown is a one year type struck in [[Chile]]. It is the same weight and fineness as the old [[Chile 1907 40 centavos|forty centavos coins]] struck in 1907-08. It is the last silver coin struck for circulation in Chile; the 1933 peso is copper-nickel. The one peso coin of 1927 is 9 grams, .500 fine silver. Oscar Roty's defiant condor, first used in 1895, appeared on virtually all Chilean silver and copper-nickel coins until 1940.
It is the same weight and fineness as the old [[Chile 1907 40 centavos|forty centavos coins]] struck in 1907-08.  
 
It is the last silver coin struck for circulation in Chile; the 1933 peso is copper-nickel.  
 
The one peso coin of 1927 is 9 grams, .500 fine silver.  
 
Oscar Roty's defiant condor, first used in 1895, appeared on virtually all Chilean silver and copper-nickel coins until 1940.
 
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 4,000,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 4,000,000.
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* [[Chile 1907 40 centavos|1907 40 centavos]]
 
* [[Chile 1907 40 centavos|1907 40 centavos]]
 
* [[Chile 1927 5 pesos|1927 5 pesos]]
 
* [[Chile 1927 5 pesos|1927 5 pesos]]
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* [[Chile 1932 10 centavos|1932 10 centavos]]
 
* [[Chile 1932 100 pesos|1932 100 pesos]]
 
* [[Chile 1932 100 pesos|1932 100 pesos]]
 
* [[Chile 1933 peso|1933 peso]]
 
* [[Chile 1933 peso|1933 peso]]

Revision as of 21:50, 21 July 2023

File:Chile 1932 peso obv 600.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a one year type struck in Chile. It is the same weight and fineness as the old forty centavos coins struck in 1907-08. It is the last silver coin struck for circulation in Chile; the 1933 peso is copper-nickel. The one peso coin of 1927 is 9 grams, .500 fine silver. Oscar Roty's defiant condor, first used in 1895, appeared on virtually all Chilean silver and copper-nickel coins until 1940.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 6 g, .400 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW, 26 mm diameter, designed by Oscar Roty.

Catalog reference: KM 174.

Source:

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

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