1 Centavo Juan Pablo Duarte

Duarte's appearance on this denomination reflects a 1976 mintage tied to the broader coinage reforms of the Balaguer administration, which sought to standardize Dominican circulating currency following years of inconsistent production. The centavo series of this period was largely struck at foreign mints — this issue at the Royal Canadian Mint — owing to the Dominican Republic's lack of its own minting infrastructure at the time.