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5 Pesos Banco Nacional de Santo Domingo
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Santo Domingo |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Currency | Peso (1844-1905) |
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| Obverse description | An allegorical vignette of Liberty appears to the left, with the Dominican coat of arms at lower right and a red underprint of the issuer's coat of arms at center left. Denomination is expressed in numerals at all four corners and in large format at upper right, with the value in letters at center; the issuer's name runs along the top, a series letter appears at lower left, and a red serial number is printed at center right. |
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| Reverse lettering | el BANCO NACIONAL 5 CINCO PESOS 5 de SANTO DOMINGO (Translation: The National Bank of Santo Domingo Five Pesos) |
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The Banco Nacional de Santo Domingo was a short-lived institution, operating under a concession granted by the Dominican government in the 1880s during a period of chronic fiscal instability and heavy reliance on foreign creditors. By the time this note was issued, the bank's position was already precarious — the Dominican Republic's public finances were in near-permanent disorder, and confidence in domestic paper currency was limited at best.
P#S133 carries an "S" prefix in the Pick numbering, placing it among unlisted or privately-issued regional bank notes rather than central government issues — a distinction that mattered legally at the time and matters to collectors now in terms of surviving population.