25 Pesos

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.