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1 Peso Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1965-1972 |
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| Size | 156 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA ESTE BILLETE TIENE FUERZA LIBERATORIA PARA EL PAGO DE TODAS LAS OBLIGACIONES PUBLICAS O PRIVADAS UN PESO ORO UNO DUARTE Gobernador del Banco Central Secretario de Estado de Finanzas |
| Reverse description | Two circular intaglio medallions flank a large central «UNO» numeral set against a fine guilloche underprint of repeated text. The left medallion bears a profile portrait of Liberty with the inscription «LIBERTAD»; the right medallion carries the Dominican national coat of arms with the motto «DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD» above and «REPUBLICA DOMINICANA» below. Dark ornamental borders with numeral «1» repeated in the corners frame the entire composition. |
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This note spans one of the more turbulent stretches of Dominican political history — the period immediately following the U.S. military intervention of 1965 and the subsequent provisional government under Héctor García-Godoy, before Joaquín Balaguer consolidated power after the 1966 elections. Currency continuity through that instability was a deliberate signal of institutional normalcy, and De La Rue's London printing kept production insulated from domestic disruption.
The serial progression across the 1967–1969 signature runs is unusually granular for a low-denomination note, with prefix blocks documented to the individual million. That level of tracking suggests either tight IMF oversight of money supply or internal audit requirements tied to U.S. aid conditions — both plausible given the period.