Indigenous personalities on Latin American circulation coins

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Brazil, 100  reis, 1932. 

Martim Afonso Tibiriçá, Cacique Guaianá, born circa 1440, died 1562.

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Chile, 5 escudos, 1972.

Lautaro (Mapudungun: Lef-Traru "swift hawk") (1534?–1557) was a young Mapuche toqui .

He achieved notoriety for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile.

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Chile, 100 pesos, 2010.

A Mapuche woman.

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Colombia, 10 centavos, 1952. 

Chief Calarcá.

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Panama, 1 centésimo, 1978.

Chief Urraca (Urracá or Ubarragá Maniá Tigrí) was an Amerindian Ngäbe chieftain.

He fought the Spaniards in Panamá between 1520 and 1531.

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Peru, 10 soles de oro, 1972.



Peru, 50 soles de oro, 1971.

José Gabriel Túpac Amaru (1738-1781) was the leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spanish in Peru.

Although unsuccessful, he later became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement.

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Honduras, 50 centavos, 1995.  FAO.




Honduras, 50 centavos, 1991.




Honduras, 1 lempira, 1937.




Honduras, 50 centavos, 1973.

Lempira was a war chieftain of the Lencas of western Honduras.

During the 1530s he led resistance to Francisco de Montejo.

Montejo attempted to conquer and incorporate the region into the province of Honduras.

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Guatemala, 25 centavos, 1998.




Guatemala, 25 centavos, 1964.




Guatemala, 25 centavos, 1950.

Guatemalan woman in traditional costume.

See also: Guatemalan and Paraguayan variations.

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Dominican Republic, 1 centavo, 1987. 

Issued from 1984 to 1987.

Caonabo was a chief of the Cibao region on Hispaniola Island.

During this time Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas.

Caonabo was eventually defeated, and he died while being shipped to Spain.

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Guadeloupe, 1 franc, 1903.

An Arawak man.

The Arawak were indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean.