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1 Centavo Essai
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1878 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of the Dominican Republic at center, depicting a quartered shield with a central cross, flanked by laurel and palm branches extending outward to form a wreath. A small essai mark ('E') appears below the shield near the bottom of the inner circle, accompanied by a small star. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA DOMINICANA' is arranged along the upper periphery within a beaded border that frames the entire design. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Dominican Republic's 1878 coinage program was complicated by the country's chronic fiscal instability and dependence on foreign mints — this essai, a trial piece submitted for official approval, reflects the standard French practice of producing pattern strikes before committing to full production runs. Whether the intended issue ever materialized in circulating form under this design is uncertain. KM#E10 implies a dead-end approval process.