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5 pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Peso oro (1937-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, the Dominican independence hero, framed within an oval cartouche at centre, with the issuer's title arched across the top. Face value is expressed in numerals at all four corners and to the left, and in words along the lower and upper-right margins; the Central Bank seal appears to the right. |
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| Reverse lettering | CINCO 5 BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA CINCO 5 5 CINCO CINCO 5 CINCO 5 CINCO PESOS ORO CINCO 5 (Translation: Five 5 Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Five 5 5 Five Five 5 Five 5 Five Pesos Oro Five 5) |
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The Banco Central de la República Dominicana was itself newly established — founded in 1947, the same year this note was issued — replacing the earlier Banco de Reservas as the country's central monetary authority. These first emissions were essentially institutional declarations, putting paper behind a bank that had existed on paper only weeks before.
ABNC's engraved work on the Dominican series of this period is among the finer examples of mid-century Western Hemisphere note printing. The intaglio quality holds up well under scrutiny.