EASTER ISLAND: Rapa Nui, AE 2000 pesos, 2006, KM-X8a, Chilean Navy Training Ship Esmeralda 1946, fantasy pattern essai in pure copper, mintage 30 pieces, PCGS graded MS67 RB. Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy. Construction began in Cádiz, Spain, in 1946. She was intended to become Spain's national training ship but was formally transferred to the ownership of Chile in 1951. Since her commissioning, Esmeralda has been a training ship for the Chilean Navy. Private pattern struck at the Patrick Mint. The mint began operating in 1972 and was known for striking mainly tokens until the mint was destroyed in the 2017 Tubbs Fire in the "Northern California Firestorm" along with 5,642 other structures in Santa Rosa, California.
Estimate: 75-100 USD