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100 Pesos Human Rights, Reverse Trial
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is an intentionally blank trial die, with the entire field left unfinished and showing only the incuse word PRUEBA (meaning "Trial" in Spanish) struck in large block capitals across the center of the coin. The surface exhibits the characteristic patina and tooling marks typical of a reverse die trial piece, confirming its status as a pattern or essai. No other design elements, legends, or devices are present. |
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Trial pieces — pruebas — from Dominican Republic mint runs of this period were typically struck in aluminium to test die alignment and relief before committing to the production alloy. The 1983 Human Rights 100 Pesos was part of a commemorative program tied to international human rights observances, an irony not lost on historians given the country was still navigating the long institutional shadow of the Trujillo dictatorship, which had ended only in 1961.
Aluminium trial strikes rarely entered official records, and surviving examples owe their existence largely to mint workers rather than sanctioned distribution.