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5 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Currency | Peso oro (1937-date) |
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| Reverse description | Two circular vignettes flank the central field: an allegorical Indian head representing Liberty at left and the Dominican coat of arms at right. The issuer name runs across the top, while the face value appears in letters above numerals at all four corners and is repeated in words at the center and below the vignettes. Fine guilloche underprint patterns fill the background. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL CINCO 5 DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA CINCO 5 CINCO CINCO 5 CINCO PESOS ORO CINCO 5 (Translation: Central Bank Five 5 of the Dominican Republic Five 5 Five Five Five 5 Five Pesos Oro Five 5) |
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The 1952 Dominican 5 Pesos Oro series was printed by Thomas De La Rue during the final years of Rafael Trujillo's tight control over the country's monetary institutions — the Banco Central itself had only been established in 1947, replacing a system long dominated by the privately held Banco de Reservas. De La Rue handled Dominican currency production through much of the Trujillo period, a relationship that kept design quality high even as the political machinery behind the notes grew increasingly authoritarian.
Pick 68 is not a scarce type, but circulated examples showing heavy tropical wear are actually harder to locate than fine survivors, which disproportionately came from collectors rather than commerce.