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| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Currency | Peso oro (1937-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD REPUBLICA DOMINICANA (Translation: God, Homeland, Freedom Dominican Republic) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The VIII Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo in 1974 — the first time the Dominican Republic had hosted the event. The Banco Central issued this gold piece to coincide with the games, part of a broader regional tradition of commemorative coinage tied to athletic competitions that had been building since the games' founding in 1926.
The .900 fine gold specification places it squarely in the older Latin monetary tradition rather than the .999 fine issues that would become standard for commemorative bullion in later decades.