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1 Peso Bolivar, Birthplace
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | SIMON BOLIVAR EL LIBERTADOR 2001 CASA NATAL |
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Cuba's "Birthplace" peso series, issued for convertible tourist circulation rather than domestic use, occupied a parallel economy that ran alongside the standard Cuban peso throughout the Special Period and into the 2000s. These convertible pesos were legal tender in dollar-only shops inaccessible to ordinary Cubans — an arrangement that formalized a two-tier economy and generated hard currency for the state. Simón Bolívar's inclusion reflects Cuba's longstanding ideological alignment with pan-Latin American revolutionary identity.
KM#845 is one of several designs in the series sharing the same physical specifications, struck to collector and tourist standards rather than for active circulation wear.