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1 Centavo José Martí
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Value | 1 Centavo |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 2.5 G. 250 M. 1 C. PATRIA Y LIBERTAD (Translation: Republic of Cuba 2.5g 250 M 1 c. Fatherland and freedom) |
| Reverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of José Martí, Cuban national hero and poet (1853–1895), rendered in high relief. A small five-pointed star appears in the field near his face, serving as an emblematic accent. The date '1958' is inscribed in the left field, positioned over the subject's shoulder. The reverse is otherwise unadorned, with a plain field surrounding the effigy. |
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The 1958 issue is one of the last struck under Batista's government before Castro's forces took Havana on January 1, 1959. Production at the Philadelphia Mint — Cuba had no domestic mint — continued into the final months of the regime, and coins dated 1958 were still entering circulation as the political order collapsed around them. The new revolutionary government eventually retired the Batista-era coinage, though these pieces remained legal tender well into the early 1960s.