100 Pesos 10 Condores - overprint on P# 66b

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.