2005News

Coming soon: $10 and $25 currency coins

The Royal Canadian Mint has been awarded a US$3.5 million contract to produce 50 million peso coins. The circulation coins will be produced in denominations of RD$1, RD$10 and RD$25. At present there are coins with the denominations of RD$1 and RD$5 already in circulation. The RD$10 and RD$25 coins will be two newly- introduced monetary denominations. The Royal Canadian Mint first contract with the DR dates back to 1937.