1 Peso Barcelona Olympic Stadium

Cuba issued a wave of commemorative pesos throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s targeting the international collector market — hard currency the government badly needed as Soviet subsidies collapsed. The 1992 Barcelona Games series was among the most prolific, with dozens of distinct types across multiple metals and denominations flooding dealer inventories simultaneously.

Nickel bonded steel was chosen over cupro-nickel strictly on cost grounds, a detail that still divides collectors on whether these pieces belong in a serious type set or a curiosity box.