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1 Peso Bolivar and Marti
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1993 - JMA# AAEE 552, Antique finish version - 1993 - JMA# AAEE551, BU version - 1,000 |
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Issued during the "Special Period in Time of Peace" — Cuba's euphemism for the economic collapse that followed the Soviet Union's dissolution — this coin appeared as the state was simultaneously rationing food and scrambling for hard currency. The pairing of Bolívar and Martí on a Cuban coin reflects a long-standing political project of pan-Latin American solidarity, but the timing in 1993 gave it a sharper edge: the government was actively courting Venezuelan ties that would, a decade later, solidify into the Caracas energy agreements under Chávez.
The two JMA reference numbers indicate this type was struck in both a circulation and a collector finish, a common practice for Cuban issues of this period aimed at the foreign numismatic market.