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1 Peso Carlos J. Finlay
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| In circulation to | 1988 |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a shield divided into three sections: the upper portion displays a rising sun between two promontories and the sea, the lower-left quarter bears the blue-and-white diagonal stripes of the Cuban flag, and the lower-right quarter depicts a royal palm tree. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap encircled by a star, and flanked by two olive or oak branches tied at the base. The arc legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA appears along the upper periphery in incuse Latin lettering, while the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Carlos Juan Finlay, the Cuban physician who first proposed the mosquito transmission theory of yellow fever in 1881, spent nearly two decades being dismissed by the international medical establishment before Walter Reed's 1900 commission confirmed his hypothesis — using his own experimental methods. Cuba has repeatedly honored him on coinage; this 1988 issue appeared during a period when the Castro government was actively promoting Cuban scientific and intellectual figures as ideological counterweights to U.S. cultural influence.