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25 Centavos
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1978-1981 |
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| Currency | Peso oro (1937-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD REPUBLICA DOMINICANA (Translation: God Fatherland Liberty Dominican Republic) |
| Reverse description | The right-facing portrait bust of Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic, is centered in the field. The denomination and the coin's silver weight are inscribed around the bust, with the year of issue appearing in the lower portion of the legend. The design is executed in high relief with a mirror-like Proof finish. |
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These pieces are pattern issues — Pn33, Pn40, Pn46, and Pn52 — struck across four consecutive years as the Dominican Republic evaluated potential coinage reforms during a period when silver had largely disappeared from circulation worldwide. The spread of KM pattern numbers across the full span suggests iterative design or compositional trials rather than a single rejected proposal. Silver patterns of this weight were almost certainly never intended for mass circulation; by the late 1970s, the circulating 25 centavos had long since moved to copper-nickel.