Dominican peso
Dominican peso: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- DOP
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The central bank records its first national paper issue in 1947, including RD$1, RD$5 and RD$10 notes. This is an issuer-era anchor, not a claim that every Dominican peso began in 1947. [1]
Existingcontracts and deposits becomeDominicanpeso obligations inphase2 from 1February 1948. [2]
Turning points
Currency replacement
National Dominican peso notes replaced circulating US dollars in the 1947 monetary reform. Earlier Dominican and foreign-currency inputs remain additional historical branches. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Banco Central de la República Dominicana · Billetes C496 ↗
- Dominican Congress · Ley Monetaria 1528,9October 1947; Dominican President / Junta Monetaria · Decree4921,7February 1948, approving2February resolution C1472 ↗
- Banco Central de la República Dominicana · Memoria 1947 C994 ↗
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“Dominican peso.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000113.html