20 Centavos 0.5 on obverse; silver .500

Features

Issuer	Chile
Period	Republic (1818-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1899-1907
Value	20 Centavos (0.20)
Currency	Peso (1835-1959)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	4 g
Diameter	21.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 16044
References	KM# 151.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Defiant condor on rock left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CHILE
0.5.
O. Roty

Unabridged legend: Oscar Roty.

Translation: Republic of Chile.

Engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty

Reverse

Denomination above date within laurel wreath with hammer and sickle below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
So
VEINTE
CENTAVOS
1899

Translation: Twenty Centavos.

Edge

Reeded

Mint

(So)	Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date)

Comments

Varieties with 0.5 or 0.5. exist.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1899 So	4 343 000	$ 6.20	$ 9.90	$ 12	$ 12	$ 13	$ 14	overdate varieties exist	36%
1899 So								Sideways "9"	2%
1900 So	334 000							overdate varieties exist	2%
1906 So	866 000							overdate varieties exist	9%
1907 So				$ 12	$ 14			0.5	18%
1907 So	7 625 000		$ 12	$ 12	$ 12			0.5. overdate varieties exist	54%

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Numista Rarity index: 19 Search tips

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Bullion value: USD 4.67 Search tips

This value is given for information purpose only. It is based on a price of silver at 2336 USD/kg. Numista does not buy or sell coins or metal.

Actual silver weight: 0.064 oz

Current silver price: 72.64 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 154 Lot 2409	12 Apr 2025	1899 So – overdate varieties exist	UNC	USD 35.95 (EUR 31.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 144 Lot 3458	17 Nov 2024	1899 So – overdate varieties exist	UNC	USD 13.92 (EUR 12.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 108 Lot 2225	13 Jan 2024	1899 So – overdate varieties exist	AU	USD 18.56 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 131 Lot 3425	26 Jun 2024	1899 So – overdate varieties exist	XF	USD 10.44 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 86 Lot 2362	10 Jun 2023	1907 So – 0.5	UNC	USD 61.47 (EUR 53.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 84 Lot 988	27 May 2023	1907 So – 0.5	AU	USD 34.79 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 79 Lot 2015	21 Mar 2023	1907 So – 0.5	XF	USD 25.52 (EUR 22.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 106 Lot 948	27 Dec 2023	1907 So – 0.5. overdate varieties exist	UNC	USD 40.59 (EUR 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 144 Lot 3459	17 Nov 2024	1907 So – 0.5. overdate varieties exist	XF	USD 13.92 (EUR 12.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 171 Lot 3278	10 Oct 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 25.52 (EUR 22.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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