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500 Pesos Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1947-1950 |
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| Size | 156 x 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper with an orange circular seal overprint reading CIUDAD TRUJILLO / DISTRITO DE SANTO DOMINGO / REPUBLICA DOMINICANA. The central vignette comprises the Obelisco de Ciudad Trujillo (the Columbus Lighthouse monument), framed by intricate guilloche patterns. The denomination and bank title appear in letterpress above and below the central design. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse presents a left-facing allegorical Liberty head vignette set within an ornate circular guilloche frame at left, and the Dominican Republic Coat of Arms within a matching medallion at right. The word QUINIENTOS appears as a large green underprint across the central guilloche panel, with the full denomination QUINIENTOS PESOS ORO in bold letterpress along the lower border. |
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The Banco Central de la República Dominicana was itself only established in 1947, making this 500 Pesos Oro among the earliest notes issued under its authority. Prior to that, the country had operated through the Banco de Reservas and, before that, under a currency arrangement tied closely to U.S. dollar oversight dating from the American occupation period that ended in 1924. The Central Bank's creation was a deliberate assertion of independent monetary administration under Trujillo's government.
At 500 Pesos Oro, this was the highest denomination in the inaugural ABnc series — a note that would rarely have passed through ordinary hands.