{"product_id":"chile-p110-or-p19-5-pesos-nd1944-59-very-fine","title":"Chile P110 or P119 5 Pesos ND(1944-59) Very Fine Plus","description":"\u003cp\u003eChile's classic 5 Peso \/ ½ Condor note — a long-running series featuring the portrait of liberator Bernardo O'Higgins, issued across more than a decade by two different printers. You will receive one note from this family; the exact variety (P-102, P-110, or P-119) and printer will vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eObverse\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e blue on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePortrait of \u003cstrong\u003eBernardo O'Higgins\u003c\/strong\u003e at right\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWith or without date above value at center (P-102 has date; P-110 and P-119 do not)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePrinter imprint varies:\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-102 \/ P-110:\u003c\/strong\u003e TALLERES DE ESPECIES VALORADAS — SANTIAGO — CHILE\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eP-119:\u003c\/strong\u003e CASA DE MONEDA DE CHILE\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e you may receive any variety:\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-102 (1944–1947) — with date; Talleres printer; EOM\/AMT₁ or MTF\/AMT₁\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-110 ND(1948–51) — no date; with security thread; MTF\/AMT₁\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-110 ND(1948–51) — no date; without security thread; HTL\/AMT₁\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-110 ND(1953–58) — no date; AMT₂\/FHL (long signature Maschke)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-110 ND(1953–58) — no date; AMT₃\/FHL (short signature Maschke)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-119 ND(1958–59) — no date; Casa de Moneda printer; AMT\/FHL or AMT\/LMS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSmall bank seal at right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pick P-102, P-110, P-119; Numista N#205206 (P-102\/110), N#394381 (P-119)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of Diego Portales\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 145 × 70 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Talleres de Especies Valoradas, Santiago (P-102\/110) or Casa de Moneda de Chile (P-119)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1960 (replaced by the Chilean Escudo at 1,000 Pesos = 1 Escudo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chilean Peso (1835–1959)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Liberator on the Last Peso\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBernardo O'Higgins (1778–1842)\u003c\/strong\u003e was the illegitimate son of an Irish-born Spanish colonial governor — a detail that would have scandalized the aristocracy he eventually overthrew. Educated in England and Peru, he returned to Chile and joined the independence movement, fighting alongside \u003cstrong\u003eJosé de San Martín\u003c\/strong\u003e at the \u003cstrong\u003eBattle of Chacabuco (1817)\u003c\/strong\u003e, which broke Spanish power in Chile. He became the country's first Supreme Director, declared independence, and then — in a rare act of political self-awareness — resigned in \u003cstrong\u003e1823\u003c\/strong\u003e when his authoritarian tendencies made him deeply unpopular. He died in exile in Peru, never returning to the country he liberated. Chile named everything after him anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe End of the Peso\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1950s, Chile was suffering from \u003cstrong\u003echronic inflation\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the worst in Latin America. The Peso had been devalued so many times that a 5 Peso note, once meaningful, was worth almost nothing. On \u003cstrong\u003e1 January 1960\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chile replaced the Peso with the \u003cstrong\u003eEscudo\u003c\/strong\u003e, cutting three zeros: 1,000 old Pesos became 1 new Escudo. This note — printed across the final decade of the old currency — is a relic of that inflationary era. The Escudo itself would eventually suffer the same fate, replaced by the current Peso in 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Chile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Disputed — possibly from the Quechua \u003cem\u003echili\u003c\/em\u003e (\"where the land ends\") or the Mapuche word for the cold Biobío River; the name was in use by the 1530s\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name of Santiago:\u003c\/strong\u003e Named by conquistador Pedro de Valdivia in 1541 after Santiago de Compostela, Spain — patron saint James (Santiago) of the Spanish crown\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e Santiago — city pop. ~6.3 million; metro pop. ~8 million\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~19.6 million (UN 2024) — roughly the size of New York State and Pennsylvania combined\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 756,102 km² (291,933 mi²) — slightly larger than Texas; the world's longest country north to south (~4,300 km)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$28,000 (IMF 2024) — among the highest in Latin America\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e copper (world's largest producer), lithium, fruit, wine, fish meal, cellulose\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peru (north), Bolivia (northeast), Argentina (east); Pacific Ocean to the west; also claims territory in Antarctica\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish (official); Mapudungun and other indigenous languages spoken by minorities\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Chileans\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhite and Mestizo\u003c\/a\u003e (~88%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mapuche\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMapuche\u003c\/a\u003e (~10%), other indigenous (~2%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Nations (founding member, 1945); Organization of American States (founding member, 1948); Pacific Alliance (founding member, 2011); APEC; WTO; OECD (2010)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish colonial rule (1540–1818); Independence declared: 12 February 1818; Republic established 1818–date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChile Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChile is the world's longest country\u003c\/strong\u003e — stretching 4,300 km from the Atacama Desert in the north to Patagonia and Cape Horn in the south, but averaging only 177 km wide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert on Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e — some weather stations there have never recorded rainfall. NASA uses it to test Mars rovers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChile produces more copper than any other country\u003c\/strong\u003e — roughly 27% of global supply. Its economy rises and falls with the copper price.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChile has more than 2,900 volcanoes\u003c\/strong\u003e, of which around 500 are potentially active — the second-highest concentration in the world after Indonesia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 2010 Copiapó mining accident\u003c\/strong\u003e trapped 33 miners underground for 69 days — all were rescued alive in a globally televised operation that gripped the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChile was the first country in Latin America to elect a socialist president by democratic vote\u003c\/strong\u003e — Salvador Allende in 1970, overthrown in a US-backed coup in 1973 led by General Augusto Pinochet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEaster Island (Rapa Nui)\u003c\/strong\u003e, famous for its moai statues, is Chilean territory — located 3,700 km off the coast in the Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this note and hold the twilight of a currency in your hands — the last years of the Chilean Peso, the liberator who never came home, and a note that outlasted the monetary system that created it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52646615908663,"sku":"CL110VF","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/102-110-VFP-OR.png?v=1783746168","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/chile-p110-or-p19-5-pesos-nd1944-59-very-fine","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}