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The Dominican peso, officially the peso dominicano since 2010, is the currency of the Dominican Republic. Its symbol is "$", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos (or dollars) is required; its ISO 4217 code is "DOP". Each peso is divided into 100 centavos ("cents"), for which the ¢ symbol is used.
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Federal Reserve Bank (U.S. dollar) float Cayman Islands: Cayman Islands dollar: KYD: Cayman Islands Monetary Authority: 1.00 KYD = 1.20 USD Cuba: Cuban peso: CUP: Central Bank of Cuba: 24.00 CUP = 1.00 USD Sint Maarten: Netherlands Antillean guilder [1] ANG: Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 1.79 ANG = 1.00 USD Curaçao Dominican ...
USD 5,359 [5] $5,359 Latin America. State Net (Local Currency) Net (US$) ... Dominican Republic: DOP 22,984 [15] $404 Ecuador: USD 514 [16] $514 El Salvador: USD 425:
The last 1 dollar notes were issued in 1989 and 50 dollar notes were introduced in 1993. On 1 April 2008, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issued a new series of banknotes which are like the preceding issues, except for omitting both the barcode and the country code letters which form part of the serial number on current notes. [ 12 ]
The Dominican Republic decimalized in 1877, subdividing the peso into 100 centavos. A second currency, the franco , was issued between 1891 and 1897 but did not replace the peso. However, in 1905, the peso was replaced by the U.S. dollar , at a rate of 5 pesos to the dollar.
The peso is the monetary unit of several Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, as well as the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire, the word peso translates to "weight". In most countries of the Americas, the symbol commonly known as dollar sign, "$", was originally used as an abbreviation of "pesos" and later adopted by the ...
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Banco Central de la República Dominicana, BCRD) was established by the Monetary and Banking Law of 1947 as the central bank of the Dominican Republic, responsible for regulating the country's monetary and banking system.