Chile Copiapo 1859 Peso PCGS AU58
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Chile Copiapo 1859 Peso
Coin Information
| Reference Number: | 03/14X403 |
| Country: | Chile Copiapo |
| Denomination: | Peso |
| Year: | 1859 |
| Mint: | Copiapo |
| Grade: | PCGS AU58 |
| PCGS Reference: | 30515196 |
KM2.1 Issued for Copiapo in 1859. Uniface with Chilean star in a shield with the denomination below. This coin is the has the star oriented correctly in the shield. There is a variety where the star is upside down. These were a revolutionary coinage issued by Don Pedro Leon Gallo. Gallo was a failed liberal (left wing) revolutionary from Copiapo, a city in northern Chile and the Copiapo Province regional capital. Copiapo also issued emergency coinage in 1865 as a result of a war with Spain.
Reference: Obsidional