A Spaniards has visited Chile at the first time at 1530. Twenty years after they founded 4 cities on the Chilean coast: New Estremadura, Consepsion, Santiago & Valdivia. So Chile became the Spanish colony. It was the colony with a big agrarian culture: Chilean filds became the main source of a wheat for a Spanish colonies in Southern America. Since the beginning of the XVIIIth century Chile became an important center of production of copper. At 1810 the War for an Independence has started. At 1823 Spanish colonial troops was defeated and Chile became an independent republic de jure. At 1837 Chile became the ally of Argentina and took part in the war against Peru and Bolivia. Chile has won the war and got new territories. After that Chile took part in the Pacific War and has won again.
Chilean monetary system wasn't very simple: peso became the national currency. One peso was equal to 8 reales. 16 reales was equal to 1 golden escudo. The biggest face value was o coin with the face value 8 escudos. This monetary system has existed till 1835. After the monetary reform Chile has the new monetary system: 10 centavos = 1 decimo, 10 decimos = 1 peso, 10 pesos = 1 condor. But at the same tame a coins with a face value 8 escudos proceeded till 1851.
2-1/2 centavos 1895, copper, mintage - 366000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type has released at 1886-87, 1895-96 and 1898.
20 centavos 1893, silver .500, weight - 5 g., mintage - 1397000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type was released at 1879-82 and 1893.
40 centavos 1908, silver .400, weight - 6 g., mintage - 1452000 pcs. A coins of this type were minted at 1907 & 1908 only. I've got this coin in the antique shop in Lindau (Germany) for 2$ 70 cents only.
2 pesos 1927, silver .500, weight - 18 g., mintage - 1060000 pcs. Santiago Mint. The single release only.
10 pesos / 1 condor 1958, aluminium, mintage - 44500000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type were minted at 1956-59 only.
After the monetary reform 10 "old" pesos were exchanged on 1 "new" centesimo. 100 centesimos = 1 escudo.
1 centesimo 1963, aluminium, mintage - 27100000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type were minted at 1960-63.
2 centesimos 1970, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 20250000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type were released at 1960 and 1964-70.
5 centesimos 1965, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 27680000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type were released at 1960-62 and 1964-71.
10 centesimos 1963, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 10980000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type were minted at 1960-70.
10 centesimos 1971, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 99700000 pcs. Santiago Mint. The single release only. A portrait of the general Bernardo o'Higgins - national hero of the Chilean Independence War.
20 centesimos 1971, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 89200000 pcs. Santiago Mint. A coins of this type were minted at 1971-72. A portrait of Jose Manuel Balmaseda (Chilean politician of the XIXth century).
