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500 Pesos Oro without date
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1965-1974 |
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| Reference(s) | P#105 |
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| Reverse description | Executed entirely in dark blue intaglio over an intricate guilloche underprint. At left, a circular medallion encloses a profile portrait of Liberty facing right, wearing a tiara inscribed LIBERTAD; at right, a corresponding medallion contains the Dominican Coat of Arms with the motto DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD above and REPUBLICA DOMINICANA below. The denomination numeral 500 and the legend QUINIENTOS appear in each corner, framed by elaborate lathe-work scrollwork. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Dominican Republic's P#105 500 Pesos Oro covers a nine-year span without bearing a printed date — a deliberate omission that allowed the Banco Central to manage circulation life and replacement cycles without the public scrutiny that dated withdrawals might invite. At the 500-peso level, this was a high-denomination note in a country where per capita income remained very low throughout the 1960s and early 1970s; genuine street circulation was limited, and most examples passed through commercial and government channels rather than retail trade.
Thomas De La Rue's London production gave the series its characteristic intaglio depth, though the watermark remains the only security feature documented for the type — modest by the standards De La Rue was applying to other clients in the same period.