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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Chile |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#PnA24 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Chilean national arms at centre, comprising a quartered shield bearing a five-pointed star, surmounted by a plumed crest of three ostrich feathers. The dexter supporter is a rampant huemul and the sinister supporter is a condor with wings displayed. Below the shield is an ornate scrollwork cartouche. The legend REPUBLICA DE CHILE arcs along the upper periphery, and the date 1878 appears in the lower field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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This piece is recorded as a pattern — KM#PnA24 — struck in copper as a test or proposal rather than for general circulation. Chile's monetary system in 1878 was under considerable strain; the following year, the government suspended convertibility of paper currency amid the fiscal pressures of the War of the Pacific, a conflict that would consume the country through 1884. Whether this copper trial was connected to proposals for a debased or emergency coinage in anticipation of that crisis is not documented, but the timing is not easily dismissed.