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Trial Strike 50 Pesos - large size
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Thickness | 1.83 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Chilean national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield supported by a condor to the dexter and a huemul to the sinister, both crowned, with a ornate cartouche below. The legend REPUBLICA DE CHILE arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin capital letters conforming to the octagonal flan. |
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| Mintage | ND So |
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Chile's Casa de Moneda produced trial strikes in alternative metals and sizes during the development of new denominations, and this large-format brass piece almost certainly dates to the transitional period when the mint was evaluating specifications before committing to production tooling. Brass trials of this kind were never released; they exist solely as internal test pieces, which explains why surviving examples surface almost exclusively from institutional or former mint-employee collections.