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100 Pesos 10 Condores - overprint on P# 66b
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1925 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE Diez Condores REPÚBLICA DE CHILE Vale por CIEN PESOS Convertibles en Oro conforme a la lei SANTIAGO 10 de Diciembre de 1925 Billete Provisional. IMP. FISCAL - CHILE (Translation: Central Bank of Chile Ten Condores Republic of Chile Hundred Pesos Convertible in gold according to the law Santiago December 10, 1925 Provisional banknote.) |
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| Reverse lettering | CIEN 100 PESOS (Translation: Hundred Pesos) |
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Chile's shift from a peso-based to a condor-based monetary unit in 1925 created an immediate practical problem: existing peso-denominated stocks had to be brought into alignment before newly designed notes could be ready. The solution was an overprint. This note belongs to that transitional moment — the Banco Central de Chile, itself only established in 1925 under pressure from the Kemmerer Mission, was issuing currency before it had fully designed its own.
The overprint was applied by the Imprenta Fiscal in Santiago, the same government printing facility responsible for the base note. That continuity of printer is worth noting — it kept the overprint officially sanctioned rather than a field expedient.