½ Peso

Features

Issuer Dominican Republic
Period Second Republic (1863-1916)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1897
Value ½ Peso
Currency Peso (1844-1905)
Composition Billon (.350 silver) (Copper .650)
Weight 12.5 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
30221
References KM# 15
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
* 12½ GRAMOS *

Translation: Dominican Republic

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: ·MEDIO PESO· ·1897·

Translation: Half Peso

Mint

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

The coin has the A mintmark because the DIES were prepared in the Paris Mint, but the coins were actually struck in the Philadelphia Mint. See "Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints" by Charles G. Altz and E. H. Barton (1965), page 22.
This also applies to the other 1897 A coins of the Dominican Republic.

See also

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1897 A Photo 916 704 $ 8.00 $ 8.00

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Peso
Katz
Auction 84
Lot 1115
Internet Archive
27 May 2023 UNC USD 890.18
(EUR 826.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Peso
Katz
Auction 61
Lot 968
Internet Archive
7 Jun 2022 VF USD 60.35
(EUR 56.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ PesoPicture 1 of a sold ½ Peso
Río de la Plata
RPN Subasta Online #2
Lot 399
Internet Archive
18 Oct 2020
(EF)
USD 40.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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