Issued as part of Cuba's "Che Ministro" commemorative series, this peso dates to the period when the Cuban government was aggressively producing collector-targeted coinage to generate hard currency — the Special Period austerity following Soviet collapse had made foreign exchange a priority by any available means. These pieces circulated almost nowhere.
Issued as part of Cuba's "Che Ministro" commemorative series, this peso dates to the period when the Cuban government was aggressively producing collector-targeted coinage to generate hard currency — the Special Period austerity following Soviet collapse had made foreign exchange a priority by any available means. These pieces circulated almost nowhere.