| Issuer | Chile |
| Year | 1971-1973 |
| Type | Circulating commemorative banknotes |
| Value | 500 Escudos |
| Currency | Escudo (1960-1975) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 145 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Casa de Moneda de Chile, Chile |
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| Reference(s) | P#144 |
| Obverse description | Red-brown on multicolor underprint. Copper worker at left. |
| Reverse description | Dark-pink and gray. Strip mining at center right (Open pit mine at Chuquicamata); 3-line text from Balmaceda at bottom. |
| Signature(s) | Alfonso Inostroza Cuevas, Jaime Barrios Meza, Eduardo Cano Quijada, Carlos Molina Orrego, |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of Diego Portales |
| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL
DE CHILE
QUINIENTOS
ESCUDOS
1971 AÑO DE LA NACIONALIZACIÓN DEL COBRE, SALITRE Y HIERRO
CASA DE MONEDA DE CHILE (Translation: Central Bank of Chile Five Hundred Escudos 1971 - Year of the Nationalization of Cooper, Salitre and Iron Chile Mint) |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE
QUINIENTOS ESCUDOS
`NO DEBEMOS CONSENTIR QUE ESTA VASTA
Y RICA REGION SEA CONVERTIDA EN UNA
SIMPLE FACTORIA EXTRANJERA` BALMACEDA. (Translation: Central Bank of Chile Five Hundred Escudos `We should not consent that this is vast and the rich region is becoming a simple foreign factory`) |
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| Catalog ID | 4920940990 |
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