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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Comisión de Hacienda, República Dominicana |
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| Year | 1844 |
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| Currency | Peso (1844-1947) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset note with the Dominican Republic coat of arms at the centre — a crowned shield flanked by palm branches tied with a ribbon — printed in black on plain white paper. The denomination DOS PESOS appears in large capitals vertically along the left margin, with the serial number and series designation at lower centre and right. Three handwritten signatures appear below the main text block, alongside manuscript annotations from the Secretario and the Comisión de Hacienda. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOS PESOS Circule en el territorio de la REPUBLICA DOMINICANA por el valor de DOS PESOS, cuya suma abonará el Erario público. Santo Domingo y Julio 26 de 1844 y 1.° de la Patria. REG. BAJO EL N.° La Comision de Hacienda. El Secretario. Serie |
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This note belongs to the first paper currency ever issued by the Dominican Republic, authorized within months of independence being declared in February 1844. The Comisión de Hacienda — a provisional financial committee rather than a true central bank — produced these notes locally in Santo Domingo under severely limited means, which accounts for the rudimentary printing quality that distinguishes the entire P#1–P#5 series from any contemporary Latin American issue.
Local production in a newly independent state with no established printing infrastructure meant the notes were effectively hand-finished documents. Forgeries appeared almost immediately, and the series was short-lived.