Dominican Republic 1951 25 centavos
This specimen was lot 35407 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 25 Centavos, 1951. Philadelphia Mint. PCGS MS-64." The specimen shown is from a type struck for the Dominican Republic in 1937-61, during the regime of Rafael Trujillo, among the more brutal of Latin America's long roll of bloodthirsty dictators. Soon after his assassination in 1961, the capital, which he had renamed Ciudad Trujillo, reverted to its former name, Santo Domingo. Copper-nickel coins using this design were issued 1967, 1972 and 1974.
Recorded Mintage: 400,000.
Specification: 6.25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, designed by T. H. Paget.
Catalog reference: KM-20.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Remick, Jerome H., and Alcedo Almanzar, The Coinage of the Dominican Republic, San Antonio, TX: no date (c. 1965).
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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