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1 Centavo Restoration of the Republic
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | The Dominican Republic coat of arms is displayed centrally, featuring a quartered shield supported by a laurel branch on the left and a palm branch on the right, with a ribbon below bearing the legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA. A scroll above the shield bears the national motto DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD in the field. The commemorative legend CENTENARIO DE LA RESTAURACION DE LA REPUBLICA arcs around the upper periphery, while the commemorative date range 1863-1963 appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The "Restoration of the Republic" title on this issue commemorates the end of the Spanish annexation of 1861–1865, when Dominican president Pedro Santana invited Spain back as a colonial power — a move that proved deeply unpopular and triggered a guerrilla war that eventually forced Spanish withdrawal in July 1865. By 1963, the centennial of that reannexation was a politically charged occasion: Rafael Trujillo had been assassinated just two years prior, and the country was navigating its first genuine democratic transition in decades under Juan Bosch.