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Copiapo, Chile, 1 peso, 1865, NGC AU 55.

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Copiapo, Chile, 1 peso, 1865, NGC AU 55.
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Copiapo, Chile, 1 peso, 1865, NGC AU 55. KM-4. Deeply toned but with bright bulges flanking the shield (lightly worn high points), nice example from the Blockade of Puerto de Caldera in the war against Spain. It is interesting to note that NGC (and some catalogers) erroneously attribute this issue as a restrike due to a misreading of Medina's reference work Las Monedas Obsidionales de Chile (1919), in which he mentions "someone" (probably Medina himself) finding the dies for the 50 centavos and making "just a few" restrikes... but the pesos (which are more common) like this one are original to 1865.
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