Catalog
10 Pesos Iglesia de Boyá
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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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 depicted centrally in the field, featuring the quartered shield with a Bible, cross, and national symbols, flanked by laurel and palm branches. The legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA arcs above, separated by star ornaments, while the denomination DIEZ PESOS, date 2000, weight 3.136 grs., and fineness .9999 are inscribed below, all separated by star devices. The inscription arrangement frames the arms in a precise, heraldic composition characteristic of Dominican commemorative gold coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Iglesia de Boyá, located in the municipality of Monte Plata, is widely considered the oldest surviving church in the Americas still standing on its original foundations — a claim that puts it in direct competition with several other colonial-era structures across the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic has returned to it repeatedly as a subject for commemorative issues, treating it as a fixed point of national historical identity rather than a rotating theme.
The .9999 fineness is atypical for a circulating-denomination commemorative of this size; most regional gold issues of the period settled at .900.