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1 Peso Fuerte
| Issuer | Treasury of Santo Domingo |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Currency | Peso Fuerte (1852-1863) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red-orange on cream paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of the Dominican coat of arms flanked by two circular guilloche medallions each bearing the numeral "1". To the left, a standing allegorical figure of Liberty or Independence is set on a pedestal inscribed "16 DE FEBRERO / 1844". A vertical panel at the right reads "RESTAURACION / 16 de Agosto / 1863" within an ornamental border. The main text panel in the centre states the note will circulate in the territory of the República Dominicana for the value of UN PESO FUERTE, with the place of issue reading "Santo Domingo" and a manuscript date completing the line. |
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| Obverse lettering | LA SE CASTIGA CON CADENA PERPETUA AL FALSIFICADOR DE ESTE BILLETE El presente billete circulara en PESO FUERTE en el territorio de la REPUBLICA DOMINICANA por el valor de UN PESO FUERTE por el cual sera admitido en las oficinas fiscales. Santo Domingo, de 1870. 16 DE FEBRERO 1844 RESTAURACION 16 de Agosto 1863 |
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Santo Domingo's Treasury issued this note in 1863 during one of the more turbulent stretches in Dominican history — the country was under Spanish annexation at the time, having formally requested reincorporation into the empire in 1861. That the Dominican Treasury was issuing its own peso fuerte notes while nominally under Spanish sovereignty reflects the administrative chaos of the Restoration War period, when local financial instruments operated in parallel with, and often in defiance of, colonial fiscal structures.
The peso fuerte designation distinguished it from the heavily depreciated paper pesos that had circulated earlier in the century. Survivors are rare — the conflict destroyed much of what was in circulation.