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50 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1962-1963 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Red-orange tonal note with the Tomb of Christopher Columbus rendered as a central vignette in intaglio engraving. An orange bank seal appears at right, flanked by guilloche underprint work across the note field. Denomination numerals and bank title are printed in letterpress above and below the central design. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 50 ESTE BILLETE TIENE FUERZA LIBERATORIA PARA EL PAGO DE TODAS LAS OBLIGACIONES PÚBLICAS O PRIVADAS CINCUENTA PESOS ORO CINCUENTA PESOS ORO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Central Bank of Dominican Republic This note has liberatory force for the payment of all public or private obligations Fifty Pesos Oro) |
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The early 1960s were turbulent years for Dominican currency. Rafael Trujillo's assassination in May 1961 ended a 31-year dictatorship that had effectively treated the central bank as a personal instrument, and the notes issued through 1962–63 fall into the transitional period when the republic was restructuring its institutions under considerable political pressure — and international scrutiny — before the Bosch presidency collapsed in a 1963 coup.
ABNC's engraved intaglio work on Dominican issues of this period is technically accomplished, as one would expect from the company's long relationship with Caribbean issuing authorities. The 50 Pesos Oro denomination represented serious money in circulation at the time.