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50 Centavos Oro first issue
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 0.50 CINCUENTA CENTAVOS ORO (Translation: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic 0.50 Fifty Cents Oro) |
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The Banco Central de la República Dominicana began issuing its own currency in 1947, replacing the notes of the Banco de Reservas. This 50 Centavos Oro belongs to a short-lived series tied to the final years of the Trujillo dictatorship — Rafael Trujillo was assassinated in May 1961, and the political upheaval that followed disrupted normal banking operations and accelerated the replacement of several circulating series.
The "Oro" designation was a holdover from earlier monetary conventions linking the Dominican peso to a gold standard that was no longer practically operative by this date.