1977 GOLD DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 200 PESOS NGC MINT STATE 67 "JUAN PABLO DUARTE" ONLY 1,000 MINTED

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

CENTENNIAL OF THE DEATH OF JUAN PABLO DUARTE (1876-1976)

GOLD TWO-HUNDRED PESO COIN

OBV: NATIONAL ARMS, DATE BELOW.

REV: HEAD FACING, DIVIDES DENOMINATION; NAME ABOVE, DATES BELOW.

DUARTE WAS ONE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S FOUNDING FATHERS AND ARCHITECT OF ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM HAITIAN RULE.  HE WAS FORCED INTO EXILE WHEN DICTATOR PEDRO SANTANA TOOK OVER, AND EVENTUALLY DIED IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.

KM # 47

CONTAINS 31.0 GRAMS OF .800 FINE GOLD (.80 OZ AGW)

34 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 1,000 MINTED