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1 Peso
| Issuer | República de Chile |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | Black on orange underprint. A vignette at left shows two allegorical female figures seated, one holding a caduceus, flanking a central building vignette. Portrait of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu appears at right. Two handstamps are applied: Type III 'SUPERINTENDENCIA DE LA CASA DE MONEDA' and Type IV 'CONTADURIA MAYOR'. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE CHILE VALE POR UN PESO convertibles en oro ó plata por el Estado conforme á la lei. SANTIAGO Abril 5 de 1881 American Bank Note Company, New York (Translation: Republic of Chile Worth for One Peso convertible into gold or silver by the State in accordance with the law. Santiago April 5, 1881) |
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Chile's 1881 series marked the government's direct entry into paper currency — the República de Chile notes were state-issued obligations, not commercial bank paper, arriving during the War of the Pacific when saltpeter revenues were reshaping the country's fiscal position. The American Bank Note Company's involvement was typical for Latin American sovereign issues of the period; ABNC held contracts across the continent simultaneously, and their New York plates gave the notes a consistency of finish that local printers couldn't match.
Pick #1 is the opening entry of Chilean national paper currency, which gives it a certain bibliographic significance regardless of grade.