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1 Centavo
| Issuer | Dominican Republic (1844-date) |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Plain field bearing the date 1877 in large, bold numerals at centre, with a small decorative lozenge-shaped ornament below. The circular legend REPUBLICA DOMINICANA runs along the periphery, and the entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination UN CENTAVO is inscribed in two lines across the centre of the field, fully enclosed within a wreath of laurel branches tied at the base. The design is contained within a beaded border running along the coin's rim. |
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The Dominican Republic's early centavo coinage was minted in the chaotic aftermath of the country's second declaration of independence in 1865, following the expulsion of Spanish reannexation forces. Monetary infrastructure was essentially nonexistent, and small denomination brass pieces like this one were struck intermittently rather than systematically — a product of fiscal improvisation rather than planned currency policy.
KM#3 was produced across a long span with inconsistent output, and 1877 falls within a period of acute political instability under the revolving presidencies that plagued the republic through the 1870s.