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1 Real No date Nickel pattern

Issuer Chile
Year 1844-1845
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Currency Republic Real (1817-1852)
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Mint Santiago Mint
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Chile's 1844–1845 nickel pattern issues were part of a broader government evaluation of coinage materials as the young republic struggled to stabilize a circulating currency plagued by worn colonial-era silver and counterfeits. Nickel was under consideration across several Latin American mints during this period, though it would be decades before the metal saw widespread adoption in the region. This piece never advanced to production.

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