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[[Image:Chile Stacks Jan15-3358o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 3358]]
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This specimen was lot 3358 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $317.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "CHILE. Peso, 1854. NGC EF Details--Polished." This specimen was one of a series struck 1853-62 in Santiago, [[Chile]]. 
It is the first peso struck in Chile to the metric standard. 
The silver minors, such as the [[Chile 1855 decimo|decimo]], featured a different condor with outstretched wings. 
This type is much scarcer than the mintage would indicate and usually sells for a premium over the catalog value. 
Nice, original specimens are very rare. 
In compensation, the succeeding type with the upright condor ([[Chile 1871-So peso|KM 142.1]]), struck 1867-91, is very common.

''Recorded mintage:'' 567,000.

''Specification:'' 25 g, .900 fine silver, edge reeded.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-129. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Chile 1853-So peso|1853 peso]]
* [[Chile 1854-So 50 centavos|1854 50 centavos]]
* [[Chile 1855 decimo|1855 decimo]]
* [[Chile 1855-So 20 centavos|1855 20 centavos]]
* [[Chile 1855-So peso|1855 peso]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1854]]
* return to coins of [[Chile]]

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