1 Centavo

The Dominican Republic's early centavo coinage was minted in the chaotic aftermath of the country's second declaration of independence in 1865, following the expulsion of Spanish reannexation forces. Monetary infrastructure was essentially nonexistent, and small denomination brass pieces like this one were struck intermittently rather than systematically — a product of fiscal improvisation rather than planned currency policy.

KM#3 was produced across a long span with inconsistent output, and 1877 falls within a period of acute political instability under the revolving presidencies that plagued the republic through the 1870s.