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20 Pesos Oro Year of Trujillo
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1956 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 VEINTE VEINTE 20 BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA AÑO DEL BENEFACTOR DE LA PATRIA ESTE BILLETE TIENE FUERZA LIBERATORIA PARA EL PAGO DE TODAS LAS OBLIGACIONES PUBLICAS O PRIVADAS 20 VEINTE PESOS ORO CIUDAD TRUJILLO DISTRITO DE SANTO DOMINGO REPUBLICA DOMINICANA TRUJILLO Gobernador del Banco Central Secretario de Estado del Tesoro y Crédito Público VEINTE PESOS ORO 20 20 (Translation: 20 Twenty Twenty 20 Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Year of the Benefactor of the Fatherland This bill is dischargeable for the payment of all public or private obligations 20 Twenty pesos oro [gold pesos] Ciudad Trujillo District of Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Trujillo Governor of the Central Bank Secretary of State for the Treasury and Public Credit Twenty pesos oro [gold pesos] 20 20) |
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| Variants | P#79a - issued note P#79s - Specimen |
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The "Year of Trujillo" designation printed on this note marks 1955 as the 25th anniversary of Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship — the regime organized a year-long international fair in Santo Domingo, grandly renamed Ciudad Trujillo, to celebrate itself. The banknote series was issued in 1956 carrying that commemorative overprint, an unusual case of a head of state weaponizing the currency supply as personal propaganda infrastructure.
ABNC produced the series from its New York facilities under standard contract arrangements with the Banco Central, which had been effectively subordinated to Trujillo's personal financial interests since its founding in 1947.