Catalog
1000 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
|---|---|
| Year | 1973-1975 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Casa de Moneda de Chile, Chile |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Purple and violet tones on a multicolor underprint, with an engraved portrait vignette of José Miguel Carrera positioned at left. The issuer's name and denomination appear in intaglio lettering, accompanied by a patriotic quotation attributed to Carrera rendered along the design field. The overall composition reflects a formal neoclassical layout consistent with mid-twentieth-century Chilean banknote production. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vignette of the courtyard of the colonial Casa de los Carrera at center right, rendered in fine intaglio line work evoking the architectural character of early nineteenth-century Santiago. An excerpt from Pablo Neruda's Canto General is inscribed along the lower margin, lending a literary dimension to the historical imagery. The issuer's name and denomination are repeated in the surrounding letterpress text. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Portrait of Diego Portales |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |