Catalog
25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 2005-2017 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#107, Schön#151 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DOMINICANA DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD 25 REPUBLICA DOMINICANA PESOS (Translation: Dominican Republic God Homeland Liberty 25 Dominican Republic Pesos) |
| Reverse description | A left-facing portrait bust of General Gregorio Luperón (September 8, 1839 – May 21, 1897), Dominican military hero and president, occupies the central field in a realistic engraved style. The legend BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA arcs along the upper periphery, while LUPERON HEROE DE LA RESTAURACION curves below the portrait. The date of issue appears in the lower exergual area beneath the effigy. |
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The Banco Central de la República Dominicana consolidated its bimetallic and multi-denomination coinage series in the early 2000s following a severe banking crisis in 2003–2004 that wiped out three major private banks and briefly sent inflation above 40 percent. The 25 Pesos emerged from that restructuring as the highest-denomination coin in regular circulation — a direct consequence of the peso's diminished purchasing power making smaller denominations functionally useless for everyday transactions.
Copper-nickel was chosen over bimetallic construction largely on cost grounds, keeping production viable during a period when the central bank's reserves remained under pressure well into the mid-2000s.