Santo Domingo (1813-20) 1/4 real
This specimen was lot 34489 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $630. The catalog description[1] noted, "SANTO DOMINGO. 1/4 Real, ND (ca. 1813-20). Ferdinand VII. PCGS FINE-15. A fairly SCARCE and uncommonly-encountered issue, the present specimen, though rather well circulated, retains all evidence of its laconic design, with the king's royal monogram (F.7.) crowned on the obverse and the authority and denomination (S D 1/4) within a wreath on the reverse. Deep brown throughout, with some areas of subtle red." Wikipedia comments, "After more than three hundred years of Spanish rule, the Dominican people declared independence in November 1821. The leader of the independence movement, José Núñez de Cáceres, intended the Dominican nation to unite with the country of Gran Colombia, but the newly independent Dominicans were forcefully annexed by Haiti in February 1822. Independence came 22 years later in 1844, after victory in the Dominican War of Independence. Over the next 72 years, the Dominican Republic experienced mostly civil wars, several failed invasions by its neighbour, Haiti, and brief return to Spanish colonial status, before permanently ousting the Spanish during the Dominican War of Restoration of 1863–1865." Unlike Haiti, where 90% of the colonial population were slaves, Santo Domingo's much smaller population was about 16% enslaved. This crude type comes in many varieties.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-2.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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