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1 Peso Sailship Landing, Silver Proof Piedfort
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed scene of Columbus's arrival in the New World: a large three-masted caravel under full sail dominates the central field, rendered with fine engraving showing rigging, furled sails, and flags at the mastheads. In the foreground, a longboat with several figures is being rowed toward land, evoking the moment of first landing. Seabirds in flight appear in the upper left field. The commemorative legend 'V CENTENARIO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO Y EVANGELIZACION DE AMERICA' arcs around the upper and lateral borders, with the date '1989' inscribed at the base flanked by two small stars. |
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The piedfort format — double the thickness of a standard flan — was revived in the modern era largely by the French Monnaie de Paris before spreading to other mints as a prestige collector vehicle in the 1980s. The Dominican Republic's adoption of the format for this 1989 issue places it squarely in that decade's broader trend of central banks issuing heavyweight proofs to generate foreign exchange through numismatic exports rather than tourism or trade.
KM#P35 is sparsely documented in most major references, with mintage figures difficult to confirm independently.