500 Pesos 50 Condores

Features

Issuer Chile
Issuing bank Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile)
Period Republic (1818-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1947-1959
Value 500 Pesos = 50 Condores
Currency Old peso (1835-1959)
Composition Paper
Size 145 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
286887
References P# 115
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1947-1948 ND Issue

Obverse

Blue.
Portrait of Álvarez Jorge Montt at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE
QUINIENTOS PESOS
CINCUENTA CONDORES
CONVERTIBLES EM ORO CONFORME A LA LEY
TALLERES DE ESPECIES VALORADAS - SANTIAGO - CHILE

Translation:
Central Bank of Chile
Five Hundred Pesos
Fifty Condores
Convertible to gold under the law

Reverse

Blue.
Painting of Arrival of Diego de Almagro in Chile.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE
QUINIENTOS PESOS

Translation:
Central Bank of Chile
Five Hundred Pesos

Watermark

Portrait od D. Diego Portales

Signatures

Manuel Trucco Franzani (MTF) President of Central Bank
Arturo Maschke Tornero (AMT¹) General Manager of the Central Bank
Arturo Maschke Tornero (AMT²) President of Central Bank
Felipe Herrera Lane (FHL) General Manager of the Central Bank
Arturo Maschke Tornero (AMT³) President of Central Bank
Luis Mackenna Shiell (LMS¹) General Manager of the Central Bank
Eduardo Figueroa Geisse (EFG) President of Central Bank

Printer

Talleres de Especies Valoradas, Santiago, Chile

Comments

For this note overprinted with a new denomination, see P#128.

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1947-1951)  MTF, AMT¹ 27% 1. Signatures: Manuel Trucco Franzani & Arturo Maschke Tornero; without security thread
ND (1947-1951)  MTF, AMT¹ 13% 2. Signatures: Manuel Trucco Franzani & Arturo Maschke Tornero; with security thread
ND (1953-1958)  AMT², FHL 33% 3. Signatures: Arturo Maschke Tornero (high) & Felipe Herrera Lane
ND (1953-1958)  AMT³, FHL 27% 4. Signatures: Arturo Maschke Tornero (low) & Felipe Herrera Lane
ND (1958-1959)  AMT², LMS¹ 33% 5. Signatures: Arturo Maschke Tornero & Luis Mackenna Shiell
ND (1959)  EFG, LMS¹ 7% 6. Signatures: Eduardo Figueroa Geisse & Luis Mackenna Shiell

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