Dominican Republic: money
To know about the actual currency you can click here, but nowadays (28-6-2011) RD$ 100 (dominican pesos) = ± US$ 2,63 or ± € 1,83.
Here the coins:
25 pesos, front 25 pesos, back side 10 pesos, front 10 pesos, back side
25 RD$, the front of the new coin (2005), with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic. 25 RD$, the back side with the face of the hero of the restoration: "General Luperón". 10 RD$, the front of the new coin, with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic too. 10 RD$, the back side with the face of one of the three fathers of the fatherland: "Matías Ramón Mella".
    
5 pesos, front 5 pesos, back side 1 peso, front 1 peso, back side
5 RD$, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic. 5 RD$, the back side with the face of another father of the fatherland: "Francisco del Rosario Sánchez". 1 RD$, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic. 1 RD$, the back side with the face of one of the three fathers of the fatherland: "Juan Pablo Duarte".
1/2 peso, front 1/2 peso, back side
1/2 peso, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic. 1/2 peso, the back side with the image of Faro a Colón.
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10 pesos old, front 10 RD$, the front of the old bank-note, with the face of the other father of the fatherland: "Matías Ramón Mella". 10 pesos old, back side 10 RD$, the back side of the old bank-note, with the image of a mine.
  
10 pesos new, front 10 RD$, the front of the new bank-note, also with the same face of one of the fathers of the fatherland: "Matías Ramón Mella". 10 pesos new, back side 10 RD$, the back side of the new bank-note, with the image of the Altar of the Fatherland.
20 pesos old, front 20 RD$, the front of the old bank-note, with the image of the Puerta del Conde. 20 pesos old, back side 20 RD$, the back side of the old bank-note, with the image of the Altar of the Fatherland.
  
20 pesos new, front 20 RD$, the front of the new bank-note, with the face of General Gregorio Luperón, who declared the restoration ("La Restauración") of the republic august the 16th 1863. Also the newest bank-note of 2010! 20 pesos new, back side 20 RD$, the back side of the new bank-note, with the image of the "Panteón Nacional" in Santo Domingo.
50 pesos, front 50 RD$, the front of the bank-note, with the image of the "Catedral Primada de América" (the First Cathedral in Amerika), "Santa Maria La Menor" in Santo Domingo. 50 pesos, back side 50 RD$, the back side of the bank-note, with the image of the Basilica of Higüey, "Nuestra Señora De La Altagracia".
  
100 pesos old, front 100 RD$, the front of the old bank-note, with the image of the House of the Money, century XVI, "Casa De La Moneda", Siglo XVI. 100 pesos old, back side 100 RD$, the back side of the old bank-note, with the image of the Central Bank in Santo Domingo.
100 pesos new, front 100 RD$, the front of the new bank-note, with the faces of the fathers of the fatherland: "Juan Pablo Duarte, Matías Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez". 100 pesos new, back side 100 RD$, the back side of the new bank-note, with the image of the Puerta del Conde.
  
200 pesos, front 200 RD$, the front of the new bank-note, with the image of the Sisters Mirabal, heroes of the anti Trujillo movement. On the 25th of november 1960 they were stabbed and strangled by agents of the Trujillo government. The tyranny simulated an accident. This murder accelerated the overthrow of the dictator Trujillo, he himself was murdered on the 30st of may 1961. 200 pesos, back side 200 RD$, the back side of the new bank-note, with the image of the monument for the Sisters Mirabal.
500 pesos old, front 500 RD$, the front of the old bank-note, with the image of the National Theatre. 500 pesos old, back side 500 RD$, the back side of the old bank-note, with the image of the fort "San Felipe" in the north of the country.
  
500 pesos new, front 500 RD$, the front of the new bank-note, with the portraits of the poetess Salomé Ureña Henríquez and her son, the literary man Pedro Henríquez Ureña. 500 pesos new, back side 500 RD$, the back side of the new bank-note, with the image of the Central Bank in Santo Domingo.
1000 pesos, front 1000 RD$, the front of the bank-note, with the image of the National Palace. 1000 pesos, back side 1000 RD$, the back side of the bank-note, with the image of the House of Columbus in Santo Domingo, "Alcazar de Colón".
  
2000 pesos, front 2000 RD$, the front of the bank-note, with the faces of the writers of the national anthem of the Dominican Republic: the poet Emilio Prud'Homme (lyrics) and the maestro and cellist José Reyes (music). 2000 pesos, back side 2000 RD$, the back side of the bank-note, with the image of the National Theatre.
OLD BANK-NOTES AND THE OLD COINS, not used anymore:
25 cents, front 25 cents, the front of the old bank-note, with the image of the Central Bank. 25 cents, back side 25 cents, the back side of the bank-note, with the images of an Indian and the arm of the Dominican Republic.
  
1 peso, front 1 RD$, the front of the old bank-note, with the face of the father of the fatherland: "Juan Pablo Duarte". 1 peso, back side 1 RD$, the back side of the bank-note, with the image of a sugar factory.
5 pesos, front 5 RD$, the front of the old bank-note, with the face of one of the fathers of the fatherland: "Francisco del Rosario Sánchez". 5 pesos, back side 5 RD$, the back side of the bank-note, with the image of a dam.
 
25 cents, front 25 cents, back side 10 cents, front 10 cents, back side
25 cents, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic. 25 cents, the back side with the image of a bullock-cart. 10 cents, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic. 10 cents, the back side with the image of some tropical fruits.
    
10 cents, front, 1967 10 cents, back side, 1967 5 cents, front 5 cents, back side
10 cents, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic, 1967. 10 cents, the back side of the coin, with the image of an Indian, 1967. 5 cents, the front of the coin with the image of the arm of the Dominican Republic too. 5 cents, the back side with the image of a congaplayer.
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