Coins of 
Chile

Spanish: República de Chile

16 reales (single: real) = 2 (old) pesos (single: peso) = 1 escudo (plural: escudos) (until 1851)
100 centavos (single: centavo) = 10 décimos (single: décimo) = 1 (old) peso (plural: pesos) (until 1960) [CLP]
100 centésimos (single: centésimo) = 1 escudo (plural: escudos) (1960-1975) [CLE]
100 centavos (single: centavo) = 1 Chilean peso (plural: pesos) [CLP]
Symbols: ºE (escudo), $ (peso)

Languages on coins: Spanish
Alphabets on coins: Latin
Numerals on coins: Western Arabic
Calendars on coins: Gregorian

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Mint Marks

Casa de Moneda de Santiago, Santiago (CHL), "S" with a "o" on top

Armat S.A., Quilpué (CHL), "A"

Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda (FNMT-RCM), Madrid (ESP), Crowned "M"

Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt, Utrecht (NLD), Caduceus 

South Africa

Not certain what this is. It looks like an "M" in an oval. What it refers to is unknown for me, but it looks a bit like the logo of the mint.

United States Mint - San Francisco Mint, San Francisco (USA): "S"

Designer Marks

Francisco Orellana Pavés (?): "F.ORE.P."

Engraver at the Banco Central from 1966 to 2002

Oscar Roty (FRA): "O. Roty"

René Thenot (?): "R. Thenot"

Other Marks

Coat of Arms

The national coat of arms of Chile consists of an escutcheon divided horizontally in two fields and decorated with a 5-pointed star in the middle. The supporters are a condor and huemul, both crowned with the nave crown. The escutcheon is crowned with three plumes. Underneath the banner on the pedestal says: "POR LA RAZÓN O LA FUERZA", which means 'By reason or force'. 

Photograph of the national coat of arms of Chile as it appears on coins

Drawing of the national coat of arms of Chile as it appears on coins

Currency

Escudo abbreviated: "E°"