Pattern coinage from Casa de Moneda de Chile in this period reflects the monetary reform process following decades of peso instability — Chile had redenominated in 1975, replacing the escudo at 1,000:1, and the new peso itself required ongoing adjustment of the circulating coin series through the 1980s and 1990s. Whether this piece was rejected in favor of a different specification or simply never advanced beyond internal trials is not documented in public mint records.
Pattern coinage from Casa de Moneda de Chile in this period reflects the monetary reform process following decades of peso instability — Chile had redenominated in 1975, replacing the escudo at 1,000:1, and the new peso itself required ongoing adjustment of the circulating coin series through the 1980s and 1990s. Whether this piece was rejected in favor of a different specification or simply never advanced beyond internal trials is not documented in public mint records.