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The popular new 1000-peso banknote was issued on 11 May 2011. [5] Since September 2004, the 2000-peso note has been issued only as a polymer banknote; the 5000-peso note began emission in polymer in September 2009; and the 1000-peso note was switched to polymer in May, 2011. This was the first time in Chilean history that a new family of ...
The Chilean peso (symbol: $) was the legal tender of Chile from 1817 until 1960, when it was replaced by the escudo, a currency that was itself replaced in 1975 by a new peso. [ 1 ] It was established in 1817, together with the country's independence, and in 1851 the decimal system was established in the peso, which was made up of 100 centavos.
The Chilean peso (Spanish: peso chileno) currently has 6 denominations of coins, which are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 pesos. Its subdivision is the centavo (Spanish: centavo chileno), but centavo coins were only minted until 1979. The coins were first minted in 1975. [1] The peso and centavo replaced the Chilean escudo and centesimo respectively.
The Unidad de Fomento (UF) is a unit of account used in Chile.It is a non-circulating currency; [1] the exchange rate between the UF and the Chilean peso is constantly adjusted for inflation so that the purchasing power of the Unidad de Fomento remains almost constant on a daily basis during low inflation.
1 peso 1942-1954 50 pesos 1968 10 centésimos 1971 Arturo Prat: 1848-1879 Chilean naval hero 5 pesos obverse 1968 José Manuel Balmaceda: 1840-1891 Chilean president 20 centésimos obverse 1971-1972 Manuel Rodríguez: 1785-1818 Chilean patriot 50 centésimos obverse 1971 José Miguel Carrera: 1785-1821 Chilean president 1 Escudo obverse 1971-1972
Chilean peso $ CLP Centavo: 100 China: Renminbi ¥ CNY Jiao [G] 10 Colombia: Colombian peso $ COP Centavo: 100 Comoros: Comorian franc: FC KMF Centime: 100 Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Congolese franc: FC CDF Centime: 100 Congo, Republic of the: Central African CFA franc: F.CFA XAF Centime: 100 Cook Islands: Cook Islands dollar $ (none ...
The percent of total income earned by the richest 20% of the Chilean population in 2000 was 61.0% of GDP, while the percent of total income earned by the poorest 20% of the Chilean population was 3.3% of GDP. [100] Chile's Gini Coefficient in 2003 (53.8) has slightly changed in comparison with the value in 1995 (56.4).
These were modified versions of the old peso notes, with the centésimo or escudo denomination added to the design. Denominations were 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 5, 10 and 50 centésimos, 1, 5, 10 and 50 escudos. On 22 July 1960, the 1 escudo banknote began to circulate, [8] and on August 1 of the same year the 1 ⁄ 2 escudo banknote entered circulation. [9]