1 Décimo

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.