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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GSDykes, post: 2218958, member: 73321&quot;]This 1963 Chilean coin was actually in circulation, but is now EF-45, I suspect. It is a big aluminum coin, and it has survived fairly well. I really like the flying condor, but via Numista I cannot yet identify the engraver/designer. It is 1 mm smaller than the 10 pesos coins (also aluminum) of the late 1950s, they almost look identical. Chile, Cuba, France, Israel, Nepal, Germany, Japan, Lebanon, China, India-Republic, all produced aluminum coins - to name a few. Mexico, that silver blessed nation, apparently did not ever mint aluminum coins. In numerous cases the coins were not issued as emergency money. Other reasons also exist as to why a nation decided to mint aluminum coins. Chile is one of the leading copper producing nations in the world, perhaps they minted these aluminum coins (in the mid-twentieth century) because of internal conflicts and heavy inflation. However, Cuba had no real &quot;emergency&quot; reason to mint aluminum coins from circa 1998 - 2012 (or later); nor did Nepal from 1966-1971, while ruled by Mahendra Bir Bikram display an emergency need to mint aluminum coins, at least not as far as I know -- but then what do I know.? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434463[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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