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1 Peso
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | The Chilean coat of arms occupies the center of the field, depicting a divided escutcheon bearing a white star on a horizontally striped field, surmounted by a plumed crest of ostrich feathers. The shield is flanked by and set within a wreath composed of laurel and oak branches, tied at the base with a ribbon. The mint mark 'So' appears to the right of the wreath. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CHILE arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed in two lines at the base. A milled inner border frames the entire design. |
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| Mintage | 1867 So |
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Chile's 1867 peso was struck under a monetary framework inherited from the post-independence decimal reforms, but the year carries specific weight: the country was then entangled in the Chincha Islands War alongside Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador against Spain. Naval bombardments and an ongoing Spanish blockade created real pressure on Chilean commerce and treasury operations, making coin production both economically strained and politically charged.
KM#141 is notable for the relatively short window in which the 25-gram silver standard held before Chile's fiscal difficulties pushed the government toward lighter silver and eventually copper-nickel coinage in subsequent decades.