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1 Décimo Pattern
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Currency | Old peso (1835-1959) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination UN DECIMO is inscribed in two lines within the center of an open laurel and olive wreath, tied at the base with a ribbon bow and adorned with a floral element. The legend REPUBLICA DE CHILE arcs around the upper portion of the coin in bold capital letters, while the Santiago mint mark So appears at the lower right of the wreath. A beaded border encircles the design, consistent with the milled pattern coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CHILE UN DECIMO So (Translation: Republic of Chile One Tenth) |
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Chilean decimal coinage was introduced formally in 1851, but the transition from the old real-based system generated years of pattern experimentation as the mint tested alloys, sizes, and denominations for subsidiary circulation. This copper décimo pattern from 1868 sits in that prolonged adjustment period, when the Casa de Moneda was still working out the practical realities of copper's behavior under Chilean striking conditions — a metal the mint had far less experience with than silver.
KM#Pn14 is known in extremely limited numbers, as patterns of this era rarely left official hands.