Chile new 2,000-peso polymer note (B297a) confirmed

On 6 October 2010 the Central Bank of Chile unveiled its new 2,000-peso (US$4.15) banknote. This polymer note was issued 17 November 2010. On front it features a portrait of lawyer and guerrilla leader, Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, as well as a stylized corazón del copihue (heart of Chilean bellflower). The back of the note depicts Reserva Nacional Nalcas in the Araucania region, with a volcanoe and a choroy parrot. The 2,000-peso notes is the fourth member of the new family of notes which started with the 24 September 2009 introduction of the 5,000-peso note, and will be complete with the 2011 introduction of the 1,000-peso note.

B297 (P162): 2,000 pesos (US$3.05)

Purple. Front: Spanish text; stylized sun in red-to-gold OVI; stylized corazón del copihue (heart of Chilean bellflower); lawyer and guerrilla leader, Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza; denomination as registration device. Back: Spanish text; denomination as registration device; Longuimay volcano and choroy parrot in Reserva Nacional Nalcas located in the Araucania region. Simulated solid security thread with demetalized 2000 PESOS. Watermark: None. Printer: (Note Printing Australia). 127 x 70 mm. Polymer (Guardian).

a. 2009. Sig. 41: de Gregoiro/Zurbuchen.
Prefix AA – FE. Intro: 17.11.2010.

Courtesy of Thomas Krause.

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