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1 Peso 1/10 Condor
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 1 Peso = 1/10 Condor |
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| Obverse description | Blue on yellow-orange underprint. At centre-left, an ornate guilloche vignette encloses a stylised numeral '1' with the legend UN PESO in a cartouche below it; to the right, a faint condor watermark-style vignette appears within the underprint alongside the bold denomination UN PESO and the gold convertibility clause. The legend BILLETE PROVISIONAL arcs across the top border in blue, with BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE immediately below, while UN DECIMO DE CONDOR and the printer's imprint appear along the lower margin; two manuscript signatures of the Presidente and Gerente General are present above the bottom text. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in purple. The centre is occupied by a large, elaborate guilloche vignette built around a stylised numeral '1' cross motif, with the legend UN PESO set in a plain rectangular cartouche at its centre. The field is filled with fine lathe-work patterns, and the whole design is enclosed within a scalloped decorative border; the Banco Central monogram 'B' appears in each lateral margin flanking the central vignette. |
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Talleres de Especies Valoradas — the Chilean state security printing works — had been producing this series since the early 1930s, and by 1943 the plates were well into their working life. The dual denomination, expressing face value simultaneously in pesos and in fractions of the condor, reflects a transition period in Chilean monetary nomenclature: the condor unit, introduced in 1925 at ten pesos, was still nominally in use but fading from practical reference.
The 88 × 50 mm format was among the smallest produced by the Banco Central in this era, sized for low-value everyday transactions rather than reserve or commercial use.