Catalog
100 Pesos
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1981-2000 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Chile occupy the central field, depicting a quartered shield bearing a star and divided into blue and red sections, supported by a rampant huemul deer to the left and a condor with spread wings to the right. A laurel and araucaria branch frame the base of the shield, upon which a scroll bears the national motto POR LA RAZON O LA FUERZA in the exergue. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CHILE arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, and the Santiago mint mark (So) appears below the shield in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 PESOS 1992 |
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Chile's aluminium bronze 100 Pesos entered circulation during the final years of Pinochet's military government and outlasted the dictatorship by a full decade, surviving the 1990 democratic transition without redesign — a quiet continuity that speaks to how little the junta's economic framework was dismantled overnight. The composition itself was a deliberate choice for durability in a country where copper is a national industry, not merely a minting convenience.