CHILE 

KM 236

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
100 pesos 23.5 7.58 2.0 Divided into sixths, alternating smooth and serrated. Ring: Brass Coin

Center: Steel
Obverse Reverse
A Mapuche woman, at the inner core and crowned with the phrase 'Republic of Chile' on the outer ring. At the lower arch is the phrase 'Native peoples'. To the left, the term "Mapuche". Mint mark "So" (Santiago) to the right of the inner core.

Mapuche (Che, "People" + Mapu, "of the Land") are the original Indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.

 At the inner core, positioned for symmetry, the National coat-of-Arms, underneath the year minted, the figure "100" and the world 'PESOS', superimposed on the outer ring. Surrounded by a laurel wreath, located on the outer ring.