Chile 2001-So 500 pesos

from the Acanthite collection

from the Acanthite collection

The specimen shown is an example of a bi-metallic 500 pesos struck in Santiago, Chile, from 2000 onward. In 1960, the peso was dropped in favor of the escudo, with one escudo = 1000 pesos. The escudo itself was abandoned in 1975 for a return to the peso, with 1 new peso = 100 escudos. The obverse displays a portrait of Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez, who served as archbishop of Santiago from 1961 to 1983.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: bi-metallic, aluminum-bronze center in copper-nickel ring.

Catalog reference: KM 235.

Source:

• Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-2010, 4th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2009.

Link to:

• 2001 50 pesos
• 2003 500 pesos
• 2009 peso
• Coins and currency dated 2001
• return to Chile