5 Pesos / ½ Condor Overprint on P# 61
Features
| Issuer |
Chile
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile) |
| Period |
Republic (1818-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1925 |
| Value | 5 Pesos = ½ Condor |
| Currency | Peso (1835-1959) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 140 × 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 321963 |
| References | P# 71 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Series: 1925 First Provisional Issue
Obverse
Blue on yellow underprint.
Woman seated with shield at left.
Issuer name on top, face value in number to right, in letters over image and figure, and below watermark area. Dark blue serial number on upper left and right, serial letters on sides, near edge, watermark area at center.
Overprint on P# 61: New bank name on top, face value in Condores below old denomination, issuing date below watermark area, "por el Estado" bar overprinted, "BILLETE PROVISIONAL" at bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE
REPUBLICA
DE
CHILE
CINCO PESOS
Medio Condor ORO
10 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1925
VALE POR
CINCO PESOS
Convertibles en Oro por el Estado(with bar overprint) conforme a la lei
SANTIAGO
BILLETE PROVISIONAL
Translation:
Central Bank of Chile
Republic of Chile
Five Pesos
Half Condor Gold
December 10th., 1925
Valid for five Pesos, convertible by the State according to the Law
Santiago
Provisional note
Reverse
Blue, offset printing.
Watermark area on the shape of white star in the center
Woman to the left, man to the right - Allegories of agriculture (woman) and industry (man).
Face value in letters over and below watermark area.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CINCO
PESOS
IMP.FISCAL - CHILE
Translation: Five Pesos
Signatures
| Ismael Tocornal (IT) | President of Central Bank |
|
| Aurelio Burr Sanchez (ABS) | General Manager of the Central Bank |
|
Printer
Imprenta Fiscal, Santiago de los Caballeros, ChileSee also
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1925-Dec-10 | IT, ABS | Serial 1 letter | 50% | ||||||||||||
| 1925-Dec-10 | IT, ABS | Serial 2 letters | 50% | ||||||||||||
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