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10 Pesos Iglesia de Bánica
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Dominican Republic is displayed prominently in the center of the field, with the legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA arching above, flanked by two five-pointed stars. Below the arms, the denomination DIEZ PESOS appears alongside the year of issue 2000, the weight 2.45 grs., and the fineness .9999, all arranged in a horizontal band across the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ★ REPUBLICA DOMINICANA ★ 2000 2.45 grs. ★ DIEZ PESOS ★ .9999 (Translation: Dominican Republic Ten Pesos) |
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Bánica is a small town in the Elías Piña province, pressed hard against the Haitian border in one of the most economically isolated corners of Hispaniola. The church commemorated here survived the brutal 1937 Parsley Massacre — Trujillo's systematic slaughter of Haitian migrants along that same frontier — though the surrounding region was left deeply scarred.
The 2000 series of which this piece forms a part was struck to highlight endangered or historically neglected Dominican architectural heritage, a program as much political as cultural given the country's complicated relationship with its own colonial past.