Dominican Republic 1891-A franco
The first specimen was lot 7630 in Ponterio sale 152 (New York, January 2010), where it sold for $431.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Franco, 1891-A. Toned, nice strike. BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED." Coinage for the Dominican Republic was sporadic during the nineteenth century, reflecting the political and fiscal chaos obtaining there. The dies for this one year type bear the Paris mintmark ("A") and French privy marks but it is believed the coins were actually struck in Philadelphia. The next issue of an equivalently sized coin is the twenty centavos of 1897 (KM 14), which was only .350 fine silver.
Recorded mintage: 125,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, .134 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 11.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 152: The 2010 NYINC Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
- Remick, Jerome H., and Alcedo Almanzar, The Coinage of the Dominican Republic, San Antonio, TX: no date (c. 1965).
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