智利硬幣出錯降罪鑄幣廠長

智利硬幣串錯國名真丟臉
2010年02月14日
國名也寫錯，簡直罪無可恕。南美洲國家智利（ Chile）鑄幣局前年底在市場推出 150萬個新鑄造、但將國名誤串成「 Chiie」的 50披索（面值約 0.73港元）硬幣，流通近一年才被發現，當局怒炒鑄幣局總經理。
硬幣上國名串錯一事，去年 10月才被一名錢幣收藏家發現，他通知了鑄幣局，鑄幣局立即修正鑴版，但沒知會央行。到《信使報》去年 12月報道央行才知覺，即時辭退鑴版師傅，上月怒炒鑄幣局總經理。
鑄幣局表明不會回收「錯鑄硬幣」，因為坊間已有很多人囤積這些硬幣。今次並非鑄幣局首次犯錯，去年一名職員錯把應收藏在博物館的罕有硬幣賣給收藏家。
美聯社
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100214&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15339&art_id=13730397

硬幣印錯國名　智利鑄幣廠兩官員下台
(法新社)2010年2月13日 星期六 16:05
（法新社智利聖地牙哥12日電） 把50披索硬幣上的國名Chile誤拼為Chiie被發現之後，智利印鑄廠兩名官員已經為此下台。

在所有硬幣和紀念獎章鑄印違失之中，這件在2009年被舉發的事件名列首要罪狀，使得智利鑄幣廠長伊尼蓋茲（Gergorio Iniguez）和負責鑄印這款硬幣的主管官員鄂蘇亞（Pedro Urzua）雙雙下台。

智利中央銀行表示，這款一年多前就鑄印完工的硬幣仍然可以在市面流通使用，但是民眾也可以拿來更換。

中央銀行和印鑄廠都沒有說明有多少錯誤硬幣流通於市，但根據媒體報導，這兩個單位估計大約有好幾千枚硬幣已經進入市面。

50披索智利幣面值約合美金9分錢或7生丁的歐元。（譯者：中央社賴秀如）
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100213/8/gl2i.html

智利鑄幣廠老闆被解僱 發出的數以千計硬幣錯誤地附有咆哮的：'CHIIE' 後
Boss of Chilean mint fired after thousands of coins are issued bearing a howling error: 'C-H-I-I-E'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:22 PM on 12th February 2010

Costly error: The general manager of the Chilean Mint has been sacked after thousands of 50 peso coins were made reading 'Chiie'
昂貴的錯誤：智利鑄幣廠總經理已被解僱，在數以千計的50比索硬幣讀成'Chiie'後

Embarrassed Chilean Mint chiefs have sacked their general manager after thousands of coins were made with the name of the country spelt incorrectly.
Instead of 'Chile', the coins, minted in 2008, are marked 'Chiie'.

The 50-peso coins, worth about 6p, circulated through the South American country for a year before the error was noticed.

The mint said it has no plans to take the coins out of circulation, and eagle-eyed Chileans have begun hoarding the coins in the hope they rise in value as a collector's item.
The mistake cost general manager Gregorio Iniguez and several other employees their jobs.

The discovery of the spelling error is not the first embarrassing blunder at the Chilean mint in recent times.

Last October, a staff member sold a rare medal, which should have been housed in the institution's museum, to a coin collector. A month later, another medal - this one bearing the face of the country's then President Michelle Bachelet - was inadvertently sold on the open market.
The mint said in a statement: 'In a board meeting it was agreed to terminate the contract of Gregorio Iñiguez, who held the post of general manager.'
Head franker Pedro Urzúa has defended himself after it was claimed he had deliberately caused the coins to be manufactured.
'I have been accused of having written the word "Chiie' deliberately, but it was an error spotted by neither myself nor the entire chain of people who saw and approved it afterwards,' he said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250580/Chile-mint-gets-country-wrong-coin.html

簡訊：智利硬幣出錯降罪鑄幣廠長
更新時間 2010年 2月 11日, 格林尼治標準時間22:55
智利在2008年發行的面值為50比索的硬幣出現錯誤，直到2009年年底才被發現，國家鑄幣廠負責人已經為此遭到撤職處分。

在這枚硬幣上，智利這個單詞中的字母「L」被寫成了「I」。

這種硬幣現在已經成為收藏家尋找的目標，智利鑄幣廠也沒有宣佈收回市面流通的這種硬幣。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2010/02/100211_brief_chile_coins.shtml