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25 Céntimos La Romana
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de La Romana |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on plain white paper, the obverse is enclosed within an Art Nouveau-style curvilinear border composed of interlaced ribbon motifs at the corners and along the edges. The issuer's name appears at the top in serif lettering, separated from the central panel by a double horizontal rule; the denomination VEINTICINCO CÉNTIMOS is set in large bold capitals within the inner frame. Below, the legend 'El Depositario' precedes a manuscript signature in red ink, with a circular municipal dry stamp visible in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red on plain white paper, the reverse carries a simple single-line rectangular border framing the note's perimeter, with a vertical rule dividing the field into two sections. The denomination numeral and unit are printed in the left panel, while a circular municipal stamp impression appears on the right side. |
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La Romana's municipal council issued these céntimos notes in 1937 as emergency fractional currency — the kind of local stopgap that appeared across the Dominican Republic when small change disappeared from circulation during the Trujillo era. The Central Bank wouldn't be established until 1947, and in the intervening years, municipal and commercial entities filled the gap with paper scrip of wildly varying quality and authority.
The Gari Mon reference places this among the documented Dominican local issues, though surviving examples are infrequently offered. La Romana at the time was dominated by the sugar industry, and much of this scrip likely circulated primarily within that economic ecosystem rather than the broader town.