Chilean coins bear the name Chiie not Chile as mint general manager sacked

The Daily Telegraph ^ | February 15, 2010

[myknowledge]

THE general manager of the Chilean mint has been sacked after thousands of coins were issued with the name of the country spelt wrongly.

The 50-peso coins - worth about 6p - were issued in 2008, but no-one noticed the mistake until late last year, the BBC reported.

Instead of C-H-I-L-E, the coins had C-H-I-I-E stamped on them.

The coins have since become collectors' items and the mint says it has no plans to take them out of circulation.

[jakerobins]

Guess the guy was lucky he didn’t work for Hugo Chavez....I bet if you misspelled something for him it’s the Death Penalty....

[GAB-1955]

Only if you misspell Chavez as “I D I O T”.

[Still Thinking]

Well, some “proof reading” would have averted the problem! </ nerdy joke>

[Still Thinking]

I thought that was the correct spelling.

[Mrs. Don-o]

IN GOD WET RUST?

[Tax-chick]

LOL! I got it ;-).

[Tax-chick]

Very good!

[Chode]

In Dog We Trust???

[dfwgator]

[RichInOC]

What’s the Chilean Spanish slang equivalent to “great googly moogly”?

[SunkenCiv]

"I have a cabinet job in mind for him!"

If the joker had made it "Chili's", at least the Chilean gov't could have sold them as coupons or other tokens to that restaurant chain. ;') Thanks GeronL.

[GeronL]

Does Chiie mean anything in spanish?

[rabidralph]

Shhh! Those illiterate people are our voting citizens.

[rabidralph]

You have to wonder why a boilerplate item such as the country’s name would have been changed in the first place.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It sort of means tea in Arabic.

[bigheadfred]

What’s the Chilean Spanish slang equivalent to “great googly moogly”?

C H I I E

[SunkenCiv]

So basically, Kent’s admitting that his girlfriend cheats on him.

[bigheadfred]

Sort of.(If you call that tea) Kinda the way it is like the Greek letter. More like that oriental life energy thingy. Chi.

[GeronL]

probably need a couple of them to buy tea.

[CalvaryJohn]