Catalog
1 Peso non-magnetic
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1991-2008 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 PESO REPUBLICA DOMINICANA DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD (Translation: Dominican Republic God Fatherland Liberty) |
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| Edge | Plain with 11 angles. |
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The Dominican peso coinage of this period spans a stretch of considerable monetary instability — the early 1990s saw the country emerging from the economic disruptions of the Balaguer years, while the 2003–2004 banking collapse triggered a currency crisis that briefly pushed the exchange rate past 50 pesos to the dollar. Coins of this denomination effectively lost practical utility for larger transactions during that collapse, though they remained in pocket change long after.
The three KM sub-types reflect incremental die and specification changes across the production run rather than any issuing authority change. The non-magnetic brass composition distinguishes this type from the later bimetallic issues that followed.