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Monday, 13 June 2016

CHILEAN BANKNOTE



This is the 1000 peso note from Chile. It has  Ignacio Carrera Pinto on the front and the Torres del Paine  national park on the reverse. The 1000 peso is the first in a series of 4 banknotes in this issue. the note is from 2012.

you can find more notes from Chile HERE

Saturday, 5 January 2013

CHILE





The Republic Of Chile is a country that stretches from Peru all down the west coast of south america. It declared independence from Spain in 1810 but it was not ratified until 1818.  the Monetary system has changed quite a lot over the decades:

1 Peso + 100 Centavos
1 Condor = 100 Centavos
1 peso = 100 centavos
1 condor = 10 pesos ( up to 1960 )
1 Escudo = 100 Cantesimos ( 1960 - 1975)
1 peso = 100 "old " Escudos ( 1975 - onward )

 The two notes above are from the 1947 - 58 issue (ND) The blue one at the bottom is a 5 Pesos or a half (medio) condor which featured Bernardo O'Higgins, one of the founding fathers of Chile  A totally random thought just jumped into my head - why do we not have "founding Mothers" as well as fathers ??

The red note at the top is a 10 Peso or 1 Condor note this time having the portrait of Manuel Bulnes , two times president of Chile.