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5 Pesos 1/2 Condor - provisional issue
| Issuer | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE REPUBLICA DE CHILE CINCO PESOS Medio Cóndor ORO 10 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1925 VALE POR CINCO PESOS Convertibles en Oro por el Estado conforme a la lei SANTIAGO BILLETE PROVISIONAL (Translation: Central Bank of Chile Republic of Chile Five Pesos Half Condor Gold December 10th., 1925 Valid for five Pesos, convertibles in gold by the State in accordance with the law Santiago Provisional note) |
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| Reverse lettering | CINCO PESOS IMP.FISCAL - CHILE (Translation: Five Pesos) |
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Chile's 1925 monetary reform — the creation of the Banco Central and the introduction of the peso-based system — moved faster than the printing infrastructure could support. This provisional issue bridged the gap, using existing stock overprinted or adapted for the new authority before purpose-designed notes were ready. The Imprenta Fiscal, the government's own press in Santiago, handled production, which kept the work domestic but also meant output was constrained by a facility never built for high-volume currency work.
The dual denomination — 5 Pesos and ½ Condor simultaneously valid — reflects the transitional exchange rate fixed at 10 pesos to the condor during the reform period.