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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1854-1867 |
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| Weight | 15.253 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CHILE · So · · 1865 · |
| Reverse description | A standing female allegory of Liberty, draped in classical robes, faces slightly to the left. Her left hand rests upon a fasces-like column or altar inscribed CONSTITUCION, symbolizing the rule of law, while her right arm hangs at her side. To her right in the field lies a cornucopia overflowing with coins and produce, emblematic of national prosperity. The circular legend IGUALDAD ANTE LA LEI (Equality Before the Law) arcs along the upper periphery, introduced by a six-pointed star to the left, and the denomination 10 PS appears in the lower exergue within a plain border framed by a beaded rim. |
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Chile's 10 Peso gold coinage of this period was produced at the Santiago mint during a stretch of relative fiscal stability underwritten almost entirely by silver revenues from the Atacama mining boom — gold coinage was a prestige instrument as much as a commercial one, and much of it moved through trade circuits rather than ordinary retail exchange. The Fr#45 designation places it firmly within the French-influenced monetary framework Chile adopted following independence, when the new republic consciously modeled its coinage standards on those of the Latin world.
The .900 fineness matches the contemporaneous Latin Monetary Union standard, though Chile was not a member — a deliberate alignment intended to facilitate acceptance in European trade.