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5 Pesos (½ Condor)
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1944-1947 |
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| Currency | Peso (1851-1960) |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio-printed note with an oval portrait vignette of Bernardo O'Higgins in military uniform at right, set within an ornate guilloche border. The centre field carries the large denomination inscription CINCO PESOS above the subsidiary legend MEDIO CONDOR, with the bank title BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE across the top. Two facsimile signatures appear at bottom with the issue date and the clause CONVERTIBLES EN ORO CONFORME A LA LEY beneath. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Talleres de Especies Valoradas — the Chilean state security printing works — had been producing the country's banknotes in-house since the 1920s, a deliberate move toward printing independence that distinguished Chile from most of its neighbors, who still relied on American Bank Note Company or Bradbury Wilkinson. The ½ Condor denomination reflects the dual naming system Chile maintained during this period, where peso amounts ran alongside the older Condor unit at a fixed ratio of 10 pesos to 1 Condor.
The 1944–1947 date range spans the final years before Chile's 1947 monetary reforms began tightening emission controls in response to wartime inflation pressure.