Dominican Republic 1955 peso

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a one year type struck for the Dominican Republic towards the end of the regime of Rafael Trujillo, among the more brutal of Latin America's long roll of bloodthirsty dictators. This piece was accompanied by a gold thirty pesos commemorative (KM 24). Soon after his assassination in 1961, the capital, which he had renamed Ciudad Trujillo, reverted to its former name, Santo Domingo.

Recorded mintage: 50,000 (30,550 melted in 1961 per the SCWC^[1]).

Specification: 26.7 g, 0.900 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 23.

Source:

• ^[1]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).
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1897-A peso
• 1952 peso
• 1955 centavo
• 1955 30 pesos
• 1956 25 centavos
• 1963 peso, 100th anniversary of the restoration of the republic
• Coins and currency dated 1955
• return to coinage of the Dominican Republic