500 YEARS OF CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS DISCOVERIES

this note above, is the 20 peso oro note from 1992 with the Alter de la Patria in the centre and the Puerta del conde on the reverse. this note is the commemorative issue marking the 500 th anniversary of Christopher Columbus making land in central america / caribbean islands



more notes from dominican republic  HERE and HERE

A COLOURFUL NOTE FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

I love the colours in this note they make it stand out from other notes. It is the 5 Peso note from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. Francisco del Rosario Sanchez features on the front and the Presa del Valdesia hydroelectric dam on the reverse.

more notes from Dominican republic HERE

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Dominican Republic is 2/3rd of the island of Hispaniola , with the other 1/3 being Haiti.the island was claimed by Christopher Columbus in 1492 for Spain. for the next 350 years there was various battles over their part of the island but finally became independent in 1844. capital city is Santo Domingo.

Monetary unit : 1 Peso Oro = 100 Centavos Oro

Above is a 1984 1 Peso Oro with the portrait of J.P. Duarte, one of the founders of the Dominican Republic. On the reverse is a picture of sugar refineries