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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1976-1984 |
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| Currency | New peso (1975-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE CIEN PESOS 1981 CASA DE MONEDA DE CHILE (Translation: Central Bank of Chile One Hundred Pesos Chile Mint) |
| Reverse description | Purple and red-violet tones over a multicolor underprint. The central vignette illustrates the Reunion of Notables of 1837, rendered as a historical scene. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear alongside the title of the depicted event. |
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Pablo Baraona Urzúa served as President of the Banco Central under the Pinochet regime during one of Chile's most turbulent economic periods — his tenure coincided with the Chicago Boys' monetarist experiment and the aggressive liberalization program that followed the 1973 coup. The signature variants on this series reflect administrative transitions within that program rather than any change in issuing policy.
The shift from large round serial numerals without a prefix letter to electronic sorting serials with a prefix letter tracks the Casa de Moneda's modernization of its numbering systems in the mid-to-late 1970s. Collectors frequently undervalue the earlier no-prefix variant, which is the scarcer of the two.