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10 pesos Oro

Issuer Banco Central de la República Dominicana
Year 1962-1963
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse lettering 10 BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 10 ESTE BILLETE TIENEN FUERZA LIBERATORIA PARA EL PAGO DE TODAS LAS OBLIGACIONES PUBLICAS O PRIVADAS 10 DIEZ PESOS ORO SANTO DOMINGO DISTRITO NACIONAL REPUBLICA DOMINICANA MELLA 10 DIEZ PESOS ORO 10
(Translation: 10 Central Bank of the Dominican Republic 10 This note has liberatory force for payment of all debts public or private 10 Ten Pesos Oro Santo Domingo National District Dominican Republic Mella 10 Ten Pesos Oro 10)
Reverse description Two circular vignettes flank the center: an allegorical Native American head representing Liberty on one side and the Dominican coat of arms on the other, both set within engraved circular frames. The issuer name is inscribed across the top, with denomination in words and numerals repeated in all four corners and at the center and base of the design. The overall layout reflects the symmetrical guilloche-work typical of American Bank Note Company engraving of the period.
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The signature change between the 1962 and 1963 printings reflects real political turbulence. Rafael Trujillo had been assassinated in May 1961, and the Dominican Republic spent the following two years cycling through provisional governments and juntas before Juan Bosch won the December 1962 elections — only to be deposed by military coup in September 1963. The two signature pairs on this note bracket almost exactly that window of instability.

American Bank Note Company handled Dominican currency throughout this period. The series numbering makes the split clean: the Gómez/Tavares signing accounts for roughly 3.2 million notes, the Fernandez/Casals Victoria run a further million.

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