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Dominican Republic currency : Dominican Peso (ISO 4217 currency code: DOP, symbol: $ or RD$) : 1 Dominican Peso (RD$) = 100 centavos (¢). Peso dominicano (Dominican peso) has been the name of the currency of the Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) since 2011. Before 2011, peso oro was the official name of the currency of the Dominican Republic. The first Dominican peso was introduced with the country's independence from Haiti in 1844 and it replaced the Haitian gourde at par. A second currency, the franco, was issued between 1891 and 1897 but did not replace the peso. In 1905, the peso was replaced by the U.S. dollar. In 1937, the peso oro was introduced at par with the U.S. dollar (the dollar continued to be used alongside the peso oro until 1947). Official currency and only legal tender of Dominican Republic (República Dominicana), a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island. Its Capital is Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic ISO 3166-1 country code is DO. Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba). Central bank is Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (Banco Central de la República Dominicana : BCRD).

Not to be confused : Dominican Republic vs Dominica
Dominican Republic (Capital is Santo Domingo. On the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean).
Dominica (Capital is Roseau. Commonwealth of Dominica. Wai‘tu kubuli. Eastern Caribbean State).

Not to be confused : Dominican Republic vs Dominica