10 Pesos Iglesia San Miguel

This miniature silver piece is part of a Dominican series issued around the turn of the millennium commemorating colonial-era churches. San Miguel parish in Santo Domingo traces its founding to the sixteenth century, placing it among the oldest ecclesiastical sites in the Americas. At 2.45 grams in fine silver, the practical bullion value was negligible from the outset — these were sold directly to collectors and never entered general circulation.