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1 Peso 90th. Anniversary of Souvenir Peso
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Charles Edward Barber Reverse: Belisario Álvarez Collado |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the traditional escutcheon with a key, a royal palm, and a fasces, surmounted by the Phrygian cap. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs across the upper portion, while the denomination 1 PESO appears at the base, each flanked by a five-pointed star. A beaded inner border encircles the design near the rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Cuban "Souvenir Peso" program launched in the early 1980s as a hard-currency tourist instrument — visitors exchanged foreign money for these pieces at par, keeping dollars and deutschmarks out of the parallel economy. This 1987 issue marks ninety years since the original 1897 souvenir peso, itself struck in the final months of Spanish colonial rule as Cuban independence seemed increasingly inevitable. The 1897 original was produced in limited quantities specifically for American tourists and soldiers, not for circulation.