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500 Condores Robinson Crusoe
| Issuer | Chile |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: brass centre in copper-nickel ring |
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| Reverse description | A leatherback sea turtle (Tortuga Laúd) is depicted in left-facing profile within the brass centre, its distinctive ridged carapace rendered in fine detail. The denomination 500 CONDORES appears in the upper left of the field. The inscription TORTUGA LAÚD curves vertically along the right side of the outer copper-nickel ring. The place name ISLA ROBINSON CRUSOE is inscribed in three lines across the lower portion of the inner disc, identifying the Juan Fernández archipelago island to which this fantasy issue refers. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Robinson Crusoe Island — officially renamed from Más a Tierra by Chile in 1966 specifically to boost tourism — sits in the Juan Fernández Archipelago some 670 km off the Chilean coast and was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1977. The island lent its name to Defoe's 1719 novel because the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was marooned there from 1704 to 1709, though Defoe transplanted the fictional setting to the Caribbean. This coin is part of Chile's ongoing bimetallic circulation series honoring the country's distinctive geographic territories rather than any commemorative program.