Chile 2003 100 pesos

from the Mountain Groan collection

The specimen shown is an example of a bi-metallic hundred pesos struck in Santiago, Chile, from 2001 onward. In 1960, the peso was dropped in favor of the escudo, with 1 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 a person in the traditional dress of the Mapuche people, a term given to a grouping of different indigenous tribes occupying parts of both Chile and Argentina.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 7.58 g, bi-metallic, copper-nickel center in brass ring, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 236.

Source:

• Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-2010, 8th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2013.

Link to:

• 2000 100 pesos
• 2003 500 pesos
• 2006 5 pesos
• 2006 50 pesos
• 2006 100 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 2003
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