Catalog
1 Peso Reverse Specimen
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the large numeral '1' prominently displayed in the upper central field, with the denomination legend PESO inscribed immediately below in capital letters, and the date 2003 positioned in the lower central field. Flanking the central design on both sides is a symmetrical laurel wreath, its two branches meeting at the base, with individual leaves rendered in fine detail. The overall composition is neatly contained within the octagonal flan, with the wreath framing the value and date in a classical heraldic arrangement. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Casa de Moneda de Chile produces specimen strikes primarily for archive and official presentation purposes rather than collector distribution, making reverse-only specimens an internal production curiosity. By 2003, the aluminium one-peso had become so negligible in purchasing power that many Chileans simply refused them in change — the coin's real cost to mint was approaching parity with its face value.