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1 Peso Anniversary of The Trujillo Era
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Dominican Republic coat of arms in high relief, depicting a quartered shield with a central cross, flanked by a laurel branch on the left and a palm frond on the right, tied together at the base by a ribbon. A scrolled banner above the shield bears the national motto DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD, while a second banner below carries the legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rafael Trujillo seized power in 1930 and almost immediately began rewriting Dominican history to center himself within it. The 25th anniversary of his regime in 1955 — branded the "Era of Trujillo" — was marked by an international fair held in Ciudad Trujillo, the capital he had renamed after himself in 1936, and this coin was part of the broader propaganda apparatus surrounding that event. Mintage was low; the pieces were distributed as commemoratives rather than circulated as currency.
Trujillo was assassinated by a CIA-linked conspiracy in 1961. The capital reverted to Santo Domingo shortly after.