1 Peso - Collahuasi la grande

1 Peso - Collahuasi la grande - obverse1 Peso - Collahuasi la grande - reverse

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Features

Location Chile
Period Republic (1818-date)
Type Trade tokens › Wage token
Year 1914
Value 1 Peso
Composition Bakelite
Weight 5.2 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
99213

Obverse

Dots circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COLLAHUASI LA GRANDE
SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DES MINES DE CUIVRE

Translation:
Collahuasi the great
French society of the copper mines

Reverse

Value
Dots circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1
PESO
VALE POR UN PESO
DE MERCADERIA PULPERIA

Translation:
It's worth 50 cents
Pulperia Market

Edge

Plain

Comments

Lack of Lecompte because this series is private, it concerns a French company in Chile and not within the series of colonial coins. The French Society of Copper Mines bought Compania Minera Collahuasila (created in 1899) around 1912 to operate one of the largest copper mine in Chile, known since pre-Columbian times, with five major mines lying around the Hills of Collahuasi / Iquique. The French company is sold to La Poderosa Mining Company SA in 1923. These tokens were issued in the pulperías (local grocery stores).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Peso - Collahuasi la grandePicture 1 of a sold 1 Peso - Collahuasi la grande
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 34
Lot 134
Internet Archive
25 Mar 2023 AU Unsold
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