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1 Peso (1/10 Condor)
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in olive-green tones, the obverse carries the issuer title BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE across the upper margin, with the denomination UN PESO and subsidiary value 1/10 CONDOR arranged centrally within a fine guilloche underprint. A signature panel occupies the lower portion, with a handwritten-style signature above the printed title PRESIDENTE. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is organized around a large central guilloche medallion executed in lathe-work concentric borders, within which the bold letterpress inscription UN PESO is set. The issuer title BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE runs along the upper margin, fine guilloche fillers occupy the lateral fields, a circular seal vignette appears at the lower left, and the clause CONVERTIBLE EN ORO A PRESENTACION is positioned in the lower margin. |
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By 1942, Chile's Banco Central had been printing its own currency domestically at the Casa de Moneda for over a decade — a deliberate policy shift away from the foreign contract printers, primarily British firms, that had dominated Latin American note production through the 1920s. This particular peso denomination carried the parallel designation of 1/10 Condor, a holdover from the gold-standard Condor unit that Chile had legally abandoned in 1932 during the peso's forced depreciation. The dual nomenclature lingered on notes long after the Condor had ceased to have any practical monetary meaning.