5 Pesos Dominicanos

The Dominican Republic's switch to bimetallic coinage for the 5 peso denomination came as part of a broader currency modernization program the Banco Central undertook in the early 2000s, driven largely by the catastrophic banking crisis of 2003 — the worst in the country's history — which wiped out nearly a fifth of GDP and forced a fundamental rethinking of monetary infrastructure. Coins were seen as more cost-effective over long circulation cycles than the paper notes they replaced.

KM#125 spans the 2017–2022 date range, a period when the Central Bank quietly shifted production contractors without public announcement.