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100 Pesos 10 Condores
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1939-1943 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Red overall with a complex guilloche underprint. A large numeral "100" vignette occupies the left portion within an ornate rosette frame, while a circular black intaglio bank seal of the Banco Central de Chile is applied at center; a plain white oval guilloche medallion appears at right. The issuer name "BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE" runs along the top border and "CIEN PESOS" along the bottom, with denomination numerals repeated at all four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE SANTIAGO CIEN PESOS (Translation: Central Bank of Chile Santiago One Hundred Pesos) |
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Talleres de Especies Valoradas — the Chilean state printing works in Santiago — had been producing the country's banknotes domestically since the early 1930s, a deliberate policy shift away from foreign security printers that followed the 1925 banking reforms and the creation of the Banco Central itself. By the time this note entered circulation, Chile was navigating the economic aftershocks of the Great Depression and the collapse of nitrate revenues, which had gutted public finances for over a decade.
The dual denomination — 100 Pesos and 10 Condores — reflects Chile's parallel monetary units during the transition period before the Condor was quietly phased out of everyday use.