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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The Dominican Republic national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield bearing a cross, a Bible, and national flags, flanked on the left by an olive branch and on the right by a palm branch. A ribbon above the shield bears the legend DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD in three segments, while a scrolled banner below carries the legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA. The entire composition is rendered in high relief with fine detail throughout the wreath and shield elements. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1944 issue marks a wartime substitution forced by silver shortages — the prewar .750 fine standard was abandoned in favor of this debased billon alloy, an unusual composition incorporating manganese rather than the more typical copper-nickel alternative adopted by most nations under similar pressures. The Dominican Republic under Trujillo maintained the coin's outward appearance while gutting its intrinsic value, a fiscal sleight of hand that went unremarked publicly given the regime's tight control over the press.