100 Pesos Human Rights, Reverse Trial

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.