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100 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1947-1955 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, United States |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper, with an allegorical female figure at center holding a coffeepot and cup as the central vignette. An orange seal inscribed CIUDAD TRUJILLO / DISTRITO DE SANTO DOMINGO / REPUBLICA DOMINICANA is printed to the right of the vignette. The denomination CIEN PESOS ORO appears in the lower panel, with the issuing bank name in full across the top border. |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio print, with a vignette of Liberty facing left occupying the center-left field and the national Coat of Arms positioned at center-right. The denomination and bank title are rendered in stylized lettering within guilloche-bordered panels at upper and lower margins. |
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The Banco Central de la República Dominicana was itself only established in 1947, making this early 100 Pesos Oro issue among the first notes the institution ever released. Prior to the central bank's founding, currency functions had been handled by the Banco de Reservas, and the transition represented a significant reorganization of Dominican monetary administration under Trujillo's government — one driven as much by political optics as economic necessity.
ABNC printed the series in New York across a span of nearly a decade, with date ranges suggesting multiple print runs rather than a single large order. The 100 Pesos denomination would have seen limited everyday circulation given the purchasing power involved in 1940s Dominican Republic.