Catalog
2 Pesos
| Issuer | Comisión de Hacienda, República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1844 |
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| Currency | Peso (1844-1947) |
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| Obverse lettering | DOS PESOS Circule en el territorio de la REPUBLICA DOMINICANA por el valor de DOS PESOS, cuya suma abonará el Erario público. Santo Domingo y Julio 26 de 1844 y 1.° de la Patria. REG. BAJO EL N.° La Comision de Hacienda. El Secretario. Serie |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, plain paper showing fold lines and age-related toning consistent with mid-nineteenth-century handmade paper; no text, vignette, or design element is present. |
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This note belongs to the first paper currency ever issued by the Dominican Republic, authorized within months of independence being declared in February 1844. The Comisión de Hacienda — a provisional financial committee rather than a true central bank — produced these notes locally in Santo Domingo under severely limited means, which accounts for the rudimentary printing quality that distinguishes the entire P#1–P#5 series from any contemporary Latin American issue.
Local production in a newly independent state with no established printing infrastructure meant the notes were effectively hand-finished documents. Forgeries appeared almost immediately, and the series was short-lived.