Catalog
1 Décimo
| Issuer | Chile |
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| Year | 1867-1880 |
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| Value | 1 Décimo (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic condor with fully spread wings stands facing left atop a shield, rendered in finely detailed relief. The bird's head is turned to face the viewer's right, and its talons grip the shield below. The national motto POR LA RAZON O LA FUERZA arcs around the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering, flanked by a beaded border. The date appears in the lower field, centered between two small five-pointed stars. |
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| Obverse lettering | POR LA RAZON O LA FUERZA * 1872 * |
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Chile's décimo coinage of this period was a direct product of the country's post-independence monetary reform, which abandoned the old Spanish colonial real system in favor of a decimal structure formally adopted in 1851. The shift took years to fully implement in circulating coinage, and issues from the 1867–1880 window reflect a mint still calibrating production to civilian demand alongside the financial pressures of the War of the Pacific brewing on the northern frontier.
KM#136.2 distinguishes itself from the earlier .900 fine issues by its reduced silver standard — a quiet debasement that passed largely without public objection.