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| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Peso oro (1937-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Salvaleón de Higüey, the principal Marian shrine of the Dominican Republic, executed in intaglio. The issuer name runs along the upper left area, with the face value in numerals at upper right and lower left, and in letters at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ALTAGRACIA CINCUENTA PESOS ORO (Translation: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia Fifty Pesos Gold) |
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The "revised color" designation on P#176A distinguishes it from the earlier P#176, issued from 2000 onward — the color adjustment was part of a broader effort by the BCRD to improve machine-readability and reduce counterfeiting vulnerability across the paper series, which was already facing pressure from the Dominican Republic's growing transition toward polymer substrates for lower denominations.
De La Rue's London operation produced the full Dominican paper series through this period. The 2008 date places this note just after the country's post-2003 banking crisis stabilization, when the peso had lost roughly two-thirds of its value before partial recovery.