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1 Peso 40th. anniversary of Guevara's death
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold forward-facing portrait of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara dominates the central field, rendered in a style reminiscent of the iconic 'Guerrillero Heroico' photograph, with his characteristic beret bearing a star. The curved legend GUERRILLERO HEROICO arcs along the upper periphery, while the inscription 'che' appears to the lower right alongside Guevara's facsimile signature. His birth and death years 1928-1967 are inscribed in the lower field. |
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Cuba issued commemoratives marking Guevara's death with some regularity, but the 40th anniversary in 2007 coincided with a period of deliberate political reinforcement under Raúl Castro's transitional consolidation of power following Fidel's illness. Guevara was killed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967, after a CIA-assisted capture by Bolivian special forces trained specifically for the operation.
KM#871 was struck for the collector market rather than circulation — Cuban copper-nickel commemoratives of this period were exported heavily through European distributors, meaning most surviving examples never touched Cuban soil.