Talk:Dominican peso
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[edit] Confusion in History
A second currency, the Dominican franco, was issued between 1891 and 1897 but did not replace the peso. However, in 1905, the peso was replaced by United States currency, at a rate of five pesos to the dollar. According to the Dominican franco page, the franco was equal to 5 pesos. This would seem to suggest that the franco was the same value as the US dollar, since the US dollar was also equal to 5 pesos. However, the franco page suggests that the franco had approximately the same value as the French franc, which was much less than a US dollar, around 5 to the dollar, thus the US dollar should've been worth around 25 pesos if the Dominican franco page is correct.
Also The peso oro was introduced in 1947 at par with the US dollar, although the dollar continued to be used alongside the peso oro until 1947. are one of those two years an error, or does this mean that there was a short transitional period during 1947 in which the peso oro replaced the dollar? Nik42 07:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Freq. used coins
I don't think that the 25 ¢ and 50 ¢ coins are still used. I'm living in the dominican republic several month, but I have never seen this coins. The prices in the supermarkets sometimes have centavos, but when you pay the prices are rounded to the next full peso. 200.42.217.247 21:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
