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5 Centavos Sanchez and Mella, Pattern
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined busts of two founding fathers of the Dominican Republic, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Matías Ramón Mella, are portrayed in right-facing profile in the central field. The denomination appears in the legend, with the surnames of the depicted figures flanking a central ornamental device along the lower portion of the reverse. |
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The 1983 Dominican pattern series, which included this copper 5 centavos piece, was part of an exploratory coinage program evaluating new alloy and design combinations before any formal retooling of circulating issues. Patterns from this program were never approved for circulation and were produced in extremely limited quantities, primarily for official review and archival purposes.
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Ramón Matías Mella were two of the three founding fathers of Dominican independence, proclaimed in February 1844. Their joint appearance on low-denomination coinage dates to the nationalist commemorative program of the mid-20th century.