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500 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1991-1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA FORTALEZA SAN FELIPE QUINIENTOS PESOS ORO SERIE 1991 |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The 500 Pesos Oro denomination entered Dominican circulation during a period of severe macroeconomic stress — annual inflation peaked above 100% in 1990, one of the worst episodes in the country's postwar history, and the high-face-value note was partly a practical response to the erosion of smaller denominations' purchasing power. De La Rue's London facilities handled the full print run, a long-standing arrangement for Dominican currency that reflects the Central Bank's consistent preference for offshore security printing over domestic production.
The security thread on this series is a straightforward windowed type, unremarkable by the standards of early-1990s TDLR output.