1979 CHILE 1 Peso Collectible Coin Bernardo O'Higgens Independence war hero

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1979 CHILE South America 1 Peso
Collectible Coin
Currency
Bernardo O'Higgens born in 1778 was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile
from Spanish rule in the
Chilean War of Independence
.
He was a wealthy landowner of Spanish and Irish ancestry.
Although he was the second
Supreme Director of Chile
(1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's
founding fathers
, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.
1778–1842