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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1926-1980 |
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| Engraver(s) | Oscar Roty (1846-1911) |
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| Reverse description | The Chilean national coat of arms is depicted centrally, featuring a quartered shield with a five-pointed star, supported on the left by a standing huemul and on the right by a condor, both rendered in detail. The legend VEINTE PESOS arcs across the upper field, with the denomination 20 Ps and the mint mark So to the left, and the equivalent DOS CONDORES inscribed along the lower periphery. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1926 So - - 85,000 1958 So - rare - 500 1959 So - - 25,000 1961 So - - 20,000 1964 So - - 1976 So - Not confirmed - 99,000 1977 So - Not confirmed - 38,000 1979 So - Not confirmed - 30,000 1980 So - Not confirmed - 30,000 |
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Chile's 20 Peso gold coin was struck continuously across a remarkable span of political regimes — from the parliamentary republic through Ibáñez, Allende, and into the early Pinochet years — with the design unchanged throughout. Much of the later production, particularly from the 1960s and 1970s, was almost certainly minted for bullion and export purposes rather than domestic circulation, as Chile's monetary system had long abandoned gold coinage for everyday use.
The Casa de Moneda in Santiago is one of the oldest operating mints in the Americas, established in 1743. Coins struck in the final decades of this type's run were likely restrike issues, a common practice among South American mints managing gold reserves during periods of currency instability.