Chile new 20,000-peso note (B300a) confirmed

B300 (P165): 20,000 pesos (US$31)

Coppery orange. Front: Spanish text; stylized corazón del copihue (heart of Chilean bellflower); Andres Bello; denomination as registration device. Back: Spanish text; denomination as registration device; Salar de Surire Monument, located in northern Chile in the region of Arica and Parinacota; two Chilean flamingos in flight. Solid security thread and Motion windowed security thread with Antú (indigenous Mapuche weaving design symbolizing the sun and fertility). Watermark: Andres Bello and electrotype 20 MIL. Printer: (Crane AB). 148 x 70 mm. Paper.

a. 2009. Sig. 41: de Gregoiro/Zurbuchen.
Prefix AA – FK. Intro: 28.07.2010.

According to a press release dated 8 June 2010, the Central Bank of Chile issued a new 20,000-peso (US$36.50) note on 28 July 2010. Coppery orange in color and measuring 148 x 70 mm, this cotton-based note is the third denomination in a new family of notes, all of which feature representations of the country’s natural beauty.

The front of the note features a portrait of Andres Bello based on a painting by French artist Raymond Monvoisin (1790-1870) belonging to the University of Chile. Next to him is the heart of Copihue, the national flower, and Antu, a Mapuche symbol representing the sun that fertilizes the soil.

The back depicts Salar de Surire Monument, located in northern Chile in the region of Arica and Parinacota. It also contains the image of a Chilean Flamingo, a bird that lives in shallow water areas, fresh or salt over the whole country.

Intaglio printed by Crane AB (Sweden), the 20,000-peso note features a portrait watermark with electrotype 20 MIL. There are two security threads; one solid, the other a windowed Motion thread within which there is a Antu, an icon that moves across the banknote is tilted. There is also the denomination printed in green-to-orange OVI. Signatures: José De Gregorio Rebeco and Alejandro Zurbuchen Silva.

Courtesy of Mark Allen, Alberto Fochi, and banknoteshop@gmx.net.

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