Dominican Republic 1944 5 centavos
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This specimen was lot 3379 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Republic, AR 5 centavos, Philadelphia, 1944, NGC graded MS64." The regime had five centavo pieces struck to match the Untied States nickel 1937-74. During World War Two, the Philadelphia mint struck this five centavo piece in the billon alloy used for the wartime nickels. It is quite scarce in choice condition.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.350 fine silver, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-18a.
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- Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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