Katalog
| Emittent | Banco Central de Chile |
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| Jahr | 1974-1975 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Dark green and brown intaglio print over a multicolor guilloche underprint. At left, a fine-line engraved portrait vignette of independence leader José Miguel Carrera is set within ornate decorative borders that frame the entire face. A quoted proclamation attributed to Carrera runs across the note in bold lettering, flanked by the issuer title and denomination. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Watermark |
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| Anmerkungen |
Chile's escudo was already in freefall by the time this note entered circulation — inflation had run at over 600% annually in 1973, and the military junta that deposed Allende in September of that year inherited a currency effectively in collapse. The 5000 escudo denomination, unthinkable just years earlier, was a direct consequence of that spiral.
The series ran only until 1975, when Chile replaced the escudo entirely with the peso at a rate of 1000 escudos to 1 peso, rendering every note in this series obsolete within months. Three signature combinations are documented across series A and B, reflecting the rapid turnover in economic leadership during the junta's early restructuring — Pablo Baraona Urzúa, who appears on the later series B pairings, went on to serve as Minister of Economy under Pinochet.