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1/2 Peso Juan Pablo Duarte
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 1/2 Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | PRIMER CENTENARIO DE LA MUERTE DE DUARTE DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 1876-1976 (Translation: 100th anniversary of the death of Duarte God Fatherland Liberty Dominican Republic) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a facing bust portrait of Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic, depicted in civilian dress with a bow tie, full beard, and moustache, rendered in moderate relief at center. The denomination MEDIO PESO curves along the left periphery and the weight specification 12 1/2 GRAMOS curves along the right, each flanked by five-pointed stars at the cardinal points of the inner border. The date 1976 appears in the lower exergue, all within a beaded border. |
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Duarte, the intellectual father of Dominican independence, spent much of his life in exile — expelled by the very republic he helped found, dying in Caracas in 1876 after decades of political marginalization. Placing his likeness on the half peso a century later was as much an act of official rehabilitation as it was commemoration.
The 1976 issue falls within a period of late Trujillo-era institutional inertia at the Banco Central, when coin designs changed slowly and series ran long. KM#44 continued with minimal modification for years, making date-specific attribution the only reliable way to distinguish issues within the type.