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10 Centavos No number on obverse, billon .400
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1908-1920 |
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| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | The denomination DIEZ CENTAVOS is inscribed in two lines at the centre of the field, with the date below, all enclosed within a laurel wreath tied at the base. At the lower interior of the wreath, a hammer and sickle device appears below the date. The Santiago mint mark (So) is positioned at the top of the field above the wreath opening. A beaded border encircles the entire design. |
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| Mintage | 1908 /9 So - - 1908 So - overdate varieties exist - 4,149,000 1909 So - overdate variety exists - 2,964,000 1913 So - - 1,269,000 1919 So - overdate variety exists - 883,000 1920 So - overdate variety exists - 2,109,000 |
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Chile's billon coinage of this period emerged from a sustained monetary crisis rooted in the country's abandonment of the gold standard in 1878, which left the peso in decades of managed depreciation. By the time these pieces were struck, the silver content had been progressively debased to the point where the distinction between billon and base metal was largely academic in daily commerce. The Santiago mint — Casa de Moneda — had been the sole authorized producer of Chilean coinage since the colonial period, and production continuity masked just how dramatically the metal value had eroded.
The KM#156.2a designation distinguishes this type by the absence of a numeral on the obverse, a modification introduced to differentiate die varieties within the same emission series.