Catalog
1 Peso Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Pattern
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Diameter | 29.9 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA ★ UN PESO ★ (Translation: Republic of Cuba One Peso) |
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| Mintage | 1977 - Proof |
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This is a pattern strike — never released for circulation — produced during a period when Cuba was actively experimenting with a new peso coinage series honoring national independence figures. Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the sugar plantation owner who freed his slaves and launched the Ten Years' War in 1868, was a logical choice for the series. Whether cost, political prioritization, or design revision killed this particular issue is not documented in the public record.