MONEY

Ms. Edwards and I like to do a little shopping when we visit new places. I think we still have a few Euro's kicking around the house from our trip to Europe a few years ago. I decided to look up a little information about the form of money used in the DR.

It appears that American money can be used in the airports. So I guess that means that a credit card could be used there as well. We will have to exchange our money for the currency used in the DR. This is the Dominican R. Peso.

As of today (3/23/10) the currency exchange between the American dollar and the DR Peso is $1.00 = 36.57883 DR. Pesos.

Coins consist of $1, $5, $10, and $25
Banknotes consist of $50, $100, $200, $500, $1000, and $2000

Based on the above information it appears that neither Ms. Edwards nor myself will be keeping any banknotes to show her classes. I guess they will have to settle with seeing a few coins.

"All banknotes carry the phrase "Este billete tiene libertoria para el pago de todas obligaciones publicas o privades" (This bill has the liberatory strength to be used as payment for all public or private obligations.)

Bills in circulation
Image		Value	Description
Front	Reverse		Front	Reverse
		50 Pesos Oro	Catedral de Santa María de la Encarnación de Santo Domingo	Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
		100 Pesos Oro	Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Juan Pablo Duarte y Matías Ramón Mella	Puerta del Conde
		200 Pesos Oro	Hermanas Mirabal	Monumento a las Hermanas Mirabal
		500 Pesos Oro	Salomé Ureña y Pedro Henríquez Ureña	Banco Central de la República Dominicana
		1,000 Pesos Oro	Palacio Nacional	Alcázar de Colón
		2,000 Pesos Oro	Emilio Prud’Homme & José Rufino Reyes Siancas (composers of the national anthem)	Teatro Nacional

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_peso