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100 Pesos Taino Art
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ORO INICIAL EXPLOTACION MINA PUEBLO VIEJO DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 1975 (Translation: Initial gold mining. Mine Pueblo Viejo God Fatherland Liberty Dominican Republic 1975) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a stylized Taíno anthropomorphic idol rendered in high relief at center, depicting a standing figure with a distinctive headdress, large circular eyes, and geometric body ornamentation, representative of pre-Columbian indigenous art of Hispaniola. The denomination 100 PESOS flanks the idol horizontally across the middle field, with ARTE TAINO arching along the upper border. The weight 10 GRAMOS appears at lower left and the fineness LEY 900 at lower right, separated by the date 1975 at the base, all within a beaded border. |
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Issued as part of a broader Dominican commemorative gold program in the mid-1970s, this piece draws on pre-Columbian Taíno material culture at a moment when the Caribbean was actively reasserting indigenous heritage as a component of national identity — politically distinct from the Trujillo-era mythology that had dominated public discourse for decades prior. The Banco Central had only resumed issuing commemorative gold after a long gap, and the 1975 series represented one of its more ambitious numismatic undertakings.
KM#39 is occasionally encountered with minor die polish variations, though no formally catalogued varieties exist.