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½ Peso Fuerte
| Issuer | Intendencia de Santo Domingo |
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| Year | 1861-1865 |
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| Value | ½ Peso |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress print on white paper with an arched guilloche border. The Spanish coat of arms appears as a small vignette at upper centre, flanked by the issuing authority legend. A red circular handstamp is applied at right, with three manuscript signature lines for El Intendente, El Contador, and El Tesorero below the denomination panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | INTENDENCIA DE S.to DOMINGO Série A. MEDIO PESO FUERTE El Intendente. El Contador. El Tesorero. |
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The Intendencia de Santo Domingo issued this fractional note during one of the strangest administrative chapters in Caribbean history: the Spanish Annexation period, when the Dominican Republic voluntarily reincorporated itself into the Spanish Empire between 1861 and 1865. The experiment collapsed under guerrilla resistance, epidemic disease that devastated Spanish garrison troops, and Madrid's ultimate decision that the territory was more trouble than it was worth.
The Peso Fuerte designation — "strong peso" — distinguished these notes from the depreciated Dominican paper that preceded annexation. Whether the currency actually commanded more confidence is doubtful given how quickly the entire administrative apparatus unraveled.