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

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 

COLOMBIA

The Republic of Colombia is a country in the northwest of South America. It's capital is Bogota. Colombia grew out of the splitting up of Gran Colombia which also included Venezuela and Ecuador, in 1830.

The monetary units have been;

1 Peso Oro = 100 centavos ( up to 1993 )
1 Peso = 100 Centavos ( 1993 onward )

the note here is the 20 Pesos Oro from 1983 with Fransisco Jose de Caldos , a lawyer and Naturalist.