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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1513988, member: 8959&quot;]I think, but I am not 100% sure, his is the only portrait to appear on any chilean coinage. This may be due to the strong republican traditions in the country being averse to the portrait of any person on the countries coinage. Chile waited about 100 years after O&#039;higgins death before putting his image on coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>For those who may not know, Bernardo O&#039;Higgins was the son of a creole lady and a spanish viceroy, who led the country to Independence from Spain in 1818.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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