Dominican Republic 188_ Banco de la Compañía de Crédito Puerto Plata 2 Pesos

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  2 PESOS  1880-1899
BANCO DE LA COMPAÑIA DE CREDITO DE PUERTO PLATA
Dominican Republic Banknotes
First peso, 1848–1905
Paper money made up the bulk of circulating currency for the first peso. Provisional issues of 40 and 80 pesos were produced in 1848, followed by regular government notes for 1, 2 and 5 pesos in 1849, and 10 and 50 peso notes in 1858. The
Comisión de Hacienda
issued 50 and 200 pesos in 1865, whilst the
Junta de Crédito
introduced notes for 10 and 20 centavos that year, followed by 5 and 40 centavos in 1866 and 1, 2, 5 and 10 pesos in 1867. In 1862, the Spanish issued notes for
1
⁄
2
, 2, 5, 15 and 25 pesos in the name of the
Intendencia de Santo Domingo
. The last government notes were 1 peso notes issued in 1870.
Two private banks issued paper money. The
Banco Nacional de Santo Domingo
issued notes between 1869 and 1889 in denominations of 25 and 50 centavos, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25 and 100 pesos. The
Banco de la Compañía de Crédito de Puerto Plata
issued notes from the 1880s until 1899 in denominations of 25 and 50 centavos, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 pesos. Note that the Banco Nacional de Santo Domingo also issued notes in 1912 denominated in dollars (called pesos in the Spanish text).