Country: Dominican Republic, Third Republic (1922-1965)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: 1961 (1937-1961)
Value: 25 Centavos (0.25 DOP)
Currency: Peso oro (1937-Date)
Metal: Silver (.900)
Weight: 6.1 g
Diameter: 24.1 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Shape: Round
Grade: VF20
Mintage: 800,000
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 20, Schön# 5
Obverse:
Denomination, weight, year of issue, head of Indian woman ("Liberty") facing left. Engraver's initials under truncation.
Lettering:
* 25 CENTAVOS *
* 6 1/4 GRAMOS *
1961
HP
Translation:
25 centavos
6.25 grams (weight)
1961
Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget.
Reverse:
Coat of Arms with motto and country name in ribbons.
Lettering:
DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
Translation:
God Fatherland Liberty
Dominican Republic
Engraver: Casimiro Nemesio de Moya.
Edge:
Reeded.
Mints:
Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Canada (1908-date).
United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date).
Comments:
Note: All the specifications may vary
diameter 23,95-24,35 mm
thickness 1,3-1,65 mm
weight 5,85-6,25 g
In 1937-1947 there were no banknotes nominated in Dominican pesos. US dollars were in circulation (since 1905), and local coins were circulating at par with US coins like in Panama and Ecuador in our days. The coins had weights, diameters, and composition identical to those of US coins of that period.
Silver coins of the Dominican Republic were not officially demonetized, but they disappeared from circulation already in the 1970s because of inflation.
Riferimento : KM# 20, Schön# 5
Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1...
Collezione : South & Central America coins