5 Pesos

Features

Issuer	Chile
Period	Republic (1818-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1992-2015
Value	5 Pesos 5 CLP = USD 0.0056
Currency	Peso (1975-date)
Composition	Aluminium-nickel bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel)
Weight	2.2 g
Diameter	15.5 mm
Thickness	1.57 mm
Shape	Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 2843
References	KM# 232 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 81 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of Bernardo O'Higgins right, mint mark to the left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CHILE
So
LIBERTADOR
B O'HIGGINS
R.THENOT

Translation:
Republic of Chile
So
Liberator
B O' Higgins
R. Thenot

Engraver: Francois Maurice Thénot

Reverse

Denomination above date within laurel wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
PESOS
2013

Edge

Plain

Mints

(Caduceus)	Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)
(Crowned M)	Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)
SA	South African Mint, Centurion, South Africa (1992-date)
(So)	Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date)

Comments

Varieties are known.

Obverse
Die 1 - wide epaulette, convex medals, signature FR. Thenot under the sash of the Legion of Merit of Chile.
Die 2 - R very close to epaulette, no signature under the sash.
Die 3 - wide epaulette, medals almost incused, script bold, signature under the sash.
Die 4 - wide epaulette, convex medals, script bold, signature under the sash.
Die 5 - small portrait, narrow epaulette and the sash, medals stylized, no signature under the sash.
Die 6 - small portrait, narrow epaulette and the sash, medals stylized, no signature under the sash, tall script to LIBERTADOR B.O'HIGGINS.

Note. Additional features of haircut shown on images. Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev.

Reverse
Die A - date vertically aligned.
Die B - date lower.
Die C - squat script to PESOS and date.
Die D - date higher.
Die E- date higher, PESOS bold.
Die F - date lower, PESOS bold.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev

Combinations
1+A: 1992.
1+B: 1993-1999, 2002 A, 2002 So.
1+D: 2006-2009.
2+C: 2001 SA.
3+B: 2000, 2001 So, 2003.
3+D: 2004.
4+D: 2005, 2007.
5+A: 2015.
5+E: 2011-2013.
5+F: 2014.
6+A: 2015.

Note. There is tiny difference in thickness of PESOS in 2002.

2000-2003:

2001:

2002:

2004-2005:

2007:

2009:

2011:

2015:

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1992 So	76 000 000		$ 0.17	$ 0.31	$ 0.35	$ 0.36	Wide date	9%
1993 So	40 300 000		$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.48	$ 0.58		15%
1994 So	85 400 000	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36		10%
1995 So	85 400 000	$ 0.17	$ 0.22	$ 0.22				12%
1996 So	85 300 000	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31			12%
1997 So	82 600 000	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.21			12%
1998 So	106 000 000		$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.38		16%
1999 So	40 800 000			$ 0.23				6%
2000 So	154 900 000	$ 0.27	$ 0.35	$ 0.46	$ 0.46	$ 1.00	Relief variants exist	15%
2001 SA	29 100 000		$ 0.12				South Africa Mint	5%
2001 So	37 900 000						Santiago Mint - Relief variants exist	6%
2002 A				$ 0.24			Armat Mintmark; mintage included below	4%
2002 So	62 000 000			$ 0.26			Santiago Mint - Relief variants exist	5%
2003 So	69 000 000		$ 0.35	$ 0.58			Relief variants exist	8%
2004 So	107 000 000	$ 0.13	$ 0.53	$ 0.53	$ 0.57	$ 0.57	Relief variants exist	14%
2005 So	85 000 000	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	Relief variants exist	9%
2006 So	88 000 000		$ 0.24	$ 0.43	$ 0.43	$ 0.87	Relief variants exist	17%
2007 So	139 500 000			$ 0.34			Relief variants exist	7%
2008 So	106 000 000		$ 0.24	$ 0.34	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	Relief variants exist	13%
2009 So	93 200 000		$ 0.67	$ 0.67	$ 0.67	$ 0.67	Relief variants exist	8%
2010 So	50 000 000		$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.42		Without FR. Thenot - Band variants exist	6%
2011 So	103 000 000		$ 0.20	$ 0.22	$ 0.39		Without FR. Thenot - Variants exist	10%
2012 M	150 000 000		$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	Madrid Mint	13%
2013 M	127 000 000		$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	Madrid Mint	12%
2014	10 000 000			$ 0.35			Royal Dutch Mint	2%
2015	76 800 000			$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 0.55	Royal Dutch Mint - Relief variants exist	6%

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