½ Peso
Features
| Issuer |
Dominican Republic ›
Dominican Republic (1844-date)
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Third Republic (1922-1965)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1937-1961 |
| Value | ½ Peso ½ DOP = USD 0.0086 |
| Currency | Peso oro (1937-2009)/Peso Dominicano (2011-present) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) (Copper .100) |
| Weight | 12.5 g |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 19967 |
| References | KM# 21 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). |
Obverse
The arms of the Dominican Republic
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
Translation:
God Fatherland Liberty
Dominican Republic
Engraver: Casimiro Nemesio de Moya
Reverse
The head of an Indian woman ("Liberty") facing left with the denomination to the left, the weight to the right, and the date below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MEDIO PESO
12½ GRAMOS
1937
LIBERTAD
HP
Translation:
Half peso
12.5 grams
1937
Liberty
HP
Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget
Edge
Reeded
© Michass (CC BY-SA)
Mints
| Bern, Switzerland (1225-date) | |
| Royal Canadian Mint of Ottawa, Canada (1908-date) | |
| United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) |
Comments
In 1937-1947, there were no banknotes in Dominican pesos denomination. Instead, US dollars were in circulation (since 1905). Local coins were circulating with US coins, like in Panama and Ecuador. 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 by the 1970s because of inflation.
Silver coins of the Dominican Republic were not officially demonetized, but they disappeared from circulation by the 1970s because of inflation.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1937 | 
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500 000 | $ 25 | $ 25 | $ 25 | Royal Canadian Mint | 36% | ||||||||
| 1937 | Royal Canadian Mint; Proof | 0.8% | |||||||||||||
| 1944 |
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100 000 | 10% | ||||||||||||
| 1947 |
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200 000 | $ 34 | $ 34 | $ 1700 | Philadelphia Mint | 20% | ||||||||
| 1951 |
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200 000 | $ 30 | $ 30 | $ 30 | Philadelphia Mint | 17% | ||||||||
| 1952 |
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140 000 | $ 42 | $ 77 | $ 120 | 17% | |||||||||
| 1959 | 100 000 | $ 29 | Philadelphia Mint | 9% | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 100 000 | $ 32 | Philadelphia Mint; Minted in 1961 | 9% | |||||||||||
| 1961 |
|
400 000 | $ 36 | $ 37 | $ 39 | $ 110 | Swiss Federal Mint | 23% | |||||||
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Bullion value: USD 24.74
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Actual silver weight: 0.362 oz
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