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[[Image:CHL_1915_5centavos-obv (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:CHL_1915_5centavos-obv (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
[[Image:CHL_1915_5centavos-rev (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | [[Image:CHL_1915_5centavos-rev (2).JPG|300px|thumb|from the Acanthite collection]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Chile 1915 5 centavos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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This silver five centavos piece was minted in Santiago, Chile, 1915-1919. It was the third five centavos to feature the condor design by French engraver Oscar Roty. The half decimo contained 0.036 troy oz of silver in 1851-59; by 1896 this had been reduced to 0.027 troy oz. The decline did not stop with this type; the coin shrank until it was converted to copper-nickel in 1920. Most dates are common. | This silver five centavos piece was minted in Santiago, Chile, 1915-1919. It was the third five centavos to feature the condor design by French engraver Oscar Roty. The half decimo contained 0.036 troy oz of silver in 1851-59; by 1896 this had been reduced to 0.027 troy oz. The decline did not stop with this type; the coin shrank until it was converted to copper-nickel in 1920. Most dates are common. | ||
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Revision as of 09:58, 19 September 2024
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This silver five centavos piece was minted in Santiago, Chile, 1915-1919. It was the third five centavos to feature the condor design by French engraver Oscar Roty. The half decimo contained 0.036 troy oz of silver in 1851-59; by 1896 this had been reduced to 0.027 troy oz. The decline did not stop with this type; the coin shrank until it was converted to copper-nickel in 1920. Most dates are common.
Recorded mintage: 2,250,000.
Specification: 1 g, 0.450 fine silver, 0.0144 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 155.3.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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