Chile 2001-So 500 pesos
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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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
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