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1 Peso Pinzon Brothers
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the Dominican Republic coat of arms at center, depicting a quartered shield with a Bible, cross, and lances, flanked by laurel and palm branches and surmounted by a ribbon bearing the national motto DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD. A large numeral '1' appears prominently to the left of the arms, with the denomination PESO inscribed below. The legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA curves along the right rim, and a small mint mark appears at the bottom of the field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents conjoined busts of the Pinzón brothers — Martín Alonso and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, the Spanish navigators who captained the Pinta and Niña on Columbus's 1492 voyage — facing slightly right, wearing period caps, with a ship's rigging and a stylized ocean horizon visible in the background. The inscription HERMANOS PINZON appears in the lower field beneath the effigies. The commemorative legend V CENTENARIO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO Y EVANGELIZACION DE AMERICA curves around the upper rim, and the date 1991 is flanked by two stars at the base. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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