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50 Centavos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos |
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| Obverse lettering | 0.50 BANCO CENTRAL de la REPUBLICA DOMINICANA CINCUENTA CENTAVOS ORO ESTE BILLETE TIENE FUERZA LIBERATORIA PARA EL PAGO DE TODAS LAS OBLIGACIONES PUBLICAS O PRIVADAS SEGUN EL ART. 5 DE LA LEY MONETARIA CIUDAD TRUJILLO DISTRITO NACIONAL REPUBLICA DOMINICANA PALACIO NACIONAL BANCO CENTRAL (Translation: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Fifty Cents Oro This note has liberatory force for payment of all obligations, public or private, accordingly to article# 5 Of Currency Law Trujillo city, National district, Dominican republic National Palace Fifty Cents Oro Central Bank) |
| Reverse description | An Indian head vignette occupies the left side, while the Dominican coat of arms appears to the right. The issuer name runs along the top, face value numerals are placed in all four corners, and the full denomination in words is printed over the central numeral value. |
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The Banco Central de la República Dominicana issued this fractional note in 1961, just months before the assassination of Rafael Trujillo in May of that year ended a thirty-one-year dictatorship. The central bank itself had only been founded in 1947 under Trujillo's administration, and the entire note-issuing apparatus of the republic bore his political imprint through this period.
American Bank Note Company handled Dominican printing contracts across several series during these decades. The 50 centavos oro denomination — with "oro" specifying gold-standard backing in name if not in convertible practice — was the smallest paper unit in the P#90 series.