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1 Peso
| Issuer | República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette of the Dominican coat of arms — a shield with Bible and cross, flanked by laurel and palm branches, surmounted by a ribbon inscribed DIOS PATRIA Y LIBER[TAD]. The denomination UN PESO appears in manuscript at the left margin, with REPUBLICA and DOMINICANA flanking the arms in uppercase letterpress. A text block in Spanish citing the Decree of Congress of 23 June 1849 authorizes circulation, followed by manuscript signatures of the commission, a handwritten serial number prefixed N.º, and a circular control stamp at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DOMINICANA DIOS PATRIA Y LIBER[TAD] En virtud del Decreto del Congreso de 23 de Junio de 1849, el presente billete circulará por un peso en la REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA — Santo Domingo y La Comision N.º Un peso S. Serie |
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The Dominican Republic's early note-issuing history is tangled, and this 1849 peso sits in one of the messiest chapters. The republic had only declared independence from Haiti in 1844, and the financial infrastructure that followed was improvised at best. No established central bank existed; these notes emerged from a government desperate to fund both administration and ongoing military pressure from Haiti.
Pick 9 is among the earliest documented Dominican paper issues, and surviving examples are genuinely rare — not because they were carefully preserved, but because the young republic's monetary experiments were short-lived and the notes largely unredeemed.