Name of the country, national coat of arms, mintmark A (Paris, France) between privy marks
(left, mint director) cornucopia (Paris, France) and (right, engraver general) torch (Henry Patey, 1896-1930), weight below.

The coat of arms of the Dominican Republic features a shield, supported by a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right); above the shield, a ribbon displays the national motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Homeland, Liberty). Below the shield, the words República Dominicana appear on a ribbon. In the center of the shield, flanked by six spears (three on each side), the front four holding the national flag, is a Catholic Bible with a small cross above it.

The constitution dictates that the Bible be opened to the book of the New Testament, John 8:32, which reads "conocerán la verdad, y la verdad los hará libres", literal translation: "know the truth and the truth will set you free".

An allegorical Indian head (left) with ribbon (Liberty) and feathers surrounded by the value and date.