I like these, too. They're a nice size and I like the color they acquire- they almost look silver sometimes. I found several in a junk bin and snaffled 'em all up, at the last show I went to.
I've always wondered about the use of the Hammer & Sickle emblem on the reverse of some Chilean coins. The earliest usage I found was 1895, which seems to predate the Bolshevik Revolution by a generation or so. Was the symbol used in Chile for political reasons? Was it associated with Marxism then? Or is it unrelated to the later use/co-opting by the Bolshevik Party? (Wikipedia suggests the emblem was made during the Bolshevic revolution, but an 1895 Chile Peso sorta refutes that.) Any ideas? I just found it interesting that this symbol was in use 20 years and half-a-world away before it took center stage in Eastern Europe.
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<< <i>I've always wondered about the use of the Hammer & Sickle emblem on the reverse of some Chilean coins. The earliest usage I found was 1895, which seems to predate the Bolshevik Revolution by a generation or so. Was the symbol used in Chile for political reasons? Was it associated with Marxism then? Or is it unrelated to the later use/co-opting by the Bolshevik Party? (Wikipedia suggests the emblem was made during the Bolshevic revolution, but an 1895 Chile Peso sorta refutes that.) Any ideas? I just found it interesting that this symbol was in use 20 years and half-a-world away before it took center stage in Eastern Europe. >>
This is an excellent question and some good points as well. I had noticed the imagery but never gave it a second thought.
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<< <i>I'm not sure what kind of bird is on the coin, but the pose is really cool.
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It is an Andean Condor (Vulture)
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Chile 2 Pesos 1927
A different representation of the bird:
Chile 50 Centavos 1870
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<< <i>I've always wondered about the use of the Hammer & Sickle emblem on the reverse of some Chilean coins. The earliest usage I found was 1895, which seems to predate the Bolshevik Revolution by a generation or so. Was the symbol used in Chile for political reasons? Was it associated with Marxism then? Or is it unrelated to the later use/co-opting by the Bolshevik Party? (Wikipedia suggests the emblem was made during the Bolshevic revolution, but an 1895 Chile Peso sorta refutes that.) Any ideas? I just found it interesting that this symbol was in use 20 years and half-a-world away before it took center stage in Eastern Europe. >>
This is an excellent question and some good points as well.
I had noticed the imagery but never gave it a second thought.
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