Catalog
2 Pesos
| Issuer | República de Chile |
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| Year | 1920-1922 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE CHILE DOS PESOS CONVERTIBLES EN ORO POR EL ESTADO CONFORME A LA LEI SANTIAGO 9 de Mayo de 1921 IMP FISCAL - CHILE (Translation: The Republic of Chile Two Pesos Convertible to gold by the state according to the Law Santiago May 9, 1921 State printer - Chile) |
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| Reverse lettering | DOS (Translation: Two) |
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| Comments |
Chile's Imprenta Fiscal — the government's own printing house in Santiago — handled this series during a period when the peso was under severe strain from post-WWI commodity price swings and chronic monetary instability. Printing domestically rather than contracting a foreign security printer like American Bank Note Company, which handled many earlier Chilean issues, was partly an economy measure and partly a political one.
The watermark is the sole security feature, which reflects the constrained production capabilities of an in-house facility rather than any deliberate design choice. Forgery risk was considered acceptable at this denomination.