On 27 February 2010 the citizens of Chile suffered a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Millions of people have been displaced by the quake and the death toll is currently over 800. As a resident of quake-prone San Francisco since 1988, I feel I must do my part to help fellow earthquake survivors during their time of need. That’s why I will donate 100% of all revenues I receive from sales of The Banknote Update during the month of March to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.

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Tags: Chile

Banco Central de Chile unveiled a new 10,000-peso (US$19.70) banknote on 6 January 2010. The new paper note retains the portrait of navy officer Arturo Prat on the front and includes a landscape of Chile on the back. The notes has features to assist in the recognition by the sight-impaired, and incorporates new anti-counterfeiting measures such as the Omron rings seen above in the signature detail.

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Courtesy of Cleophas Elmakias Schockemohle, Thomas Krause, Claudio Marana, and Michael Reissner.

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10,000 pesos (US$18). Like Pick 157c, but new date (2008) and new signatures.

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Courtesy of Banknoteshop.

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On 18 August 2009, El Banco Central de Chile unveiled a new 5,000-peso (US$9.15) note, the first in a new family of five notes to commemorate 200 years of independence. Other denominations will follow over the course of the next two years. Three of the denominations will be printed on polymer and the other two will be printed on paper. All of the notes were designed by the Swedish company Crane AB, which will also print the paper notes. The polymer notes are printed by Note Printing Australia.

The new polymer 5,000-peso note was introduced on 24 September 2009. Existing 5,000-peso notes remain legal tender, but will be slowly withdrawn from circulation.

The front of this note features a portrait of Gabriela Mistral, images of the heart of Copihue, Antu, and the national flower, the symbol mapuche representing the sun and fertility. The back depicts La Campana National Park, located on the Cordillera de la Costa de la V Region of Valparaiso, which contains one of the few native forests of Chilean Palm. It also contains the image of a Tucúquere, a bird of prey.

Courtesy of Cleophas Elmakias Schockemohle, Marcus Jansson, Bill Stubkjaer, and Kai Hwong.

Tags: Chile, Polymer

5,000 pesos (US$9.35), 2008. Like Pick 155f, but new date, new signatures, and the two horizontal sorting bars in lower left front are now closer together.

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Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.

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According to a Reuters news item dated 24 March 2008, El Banco Central de Chile plans to issue a new family of notes to commemorate 200 years of independence. According to a La Tecera report dated 19 December 2008, the first of the new family of notes will be introduced in the second half of 2009, with subsequent denominations issued over the course of two years. The new family will have the same denominations and feature the same personages as the existing family, but with different sizes and improved security features. Furthermore, three denominations will be printed on polymer and two on paper.

Courtesy of Cleophas Elmakias Schockemohle and Thomas Krause.

Tags: Chile, Polymer

20,000 pesos (US$44.50), 2006. Like P159, but new date and new signatures (Vittorio Corbo Lioi, PRESIDENTE; Leonardo Hernández Tagle, GERENTE GENERAL).

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5,000 pesos (US$11.50), 2007. Like P155, but new date, new signatures (Vittorio Corbo Lioi, PRESIDENTE; Alejandro Zurbuchen Silva, GERENTE GENERAL), and two horizontal sorting bars in lower left front.

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Images courtesy of Chris Twining.

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1,000 pesos (US$2.15), 2006. Like P154, but new date, new signatures (Vittorio Corbo Lioi, PRESIDENTE; Leonardo Hernández Tagle, GERENTE GENERAL), and sorting bar at lower left front.


10,000 pesos (US$21.50), 2006. Like P157, but new date, new signatures (Vittorio Corbo Lioi, PRESIDENTE; Leonardo Hernández Tagle, GERENTE GENERAL), and sorting bars at lower left front.

Images courtesy of Frank van Tiel.

Tags: Chile

Although all are dated 2005, the 1,000- and 5,000-peso notes have a different signature combination than that which appears on the 10,000-peso note.

Images courtesy of Menelaos Stamatelos, Southeastern Numismatics.

Tags: Chile

5,000 pesos (US$9.25), 2006. Like Pick 155, but new date, two horizontal sorting bars in lower left corner on front, and new signatures (Vittorio Corbo Lioi, PRESIDENTE; Leonardo Hernández Tagle, GERENTE GENERAL).

Images courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.

Tags: Chile