Catalog
1/2 Centavo
| Issuer | Republic of Chile |
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| Year | 1871-1873 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CHILE So (Translation: Republic of Chile) |
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| Mintage | 1871 So - - 133,000 1872 So - overdate variety exist - 506,000 1873 So - overdate variety exist - 1,265,000 |
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Chile's copper-nickel fractional coinage of the early 1870s emerged from a broader monetary reform push following independence-era currency chaos. The half centavo denomination proved almost immediately impractical — too small in value to be useful, too similar in size to other circulating pieces to be reliably distinguished in trade. Production was abandoned after just three years.