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1 Peso Cuban Tobacco - Cu-Ni issue
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a shield divided into three sections depicting the royal palm, a rising sun over a key between two headlands, and three diagonal blue and white stripes. The shield is flanked by a wreath of oak leaves on the left and laurel on the right, surmounted by the Phrygian cap atop a fasces. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cuba issued a series of collector-oriented "convertible peso" pieces in the early 2000s targeting the tourist economy, which ran a dual-currency system — the standard Cuban peso for nationals, the convertible peso (CUC) for foreigners — until its abolition in 2021. This tobacco-themed piece belongs to that collector circulation, not the domestic one.
Cuban tobacco's international reputation was already a political instrument by 2005; U.S. embargo restrictions made Habanos S.A. cigars actively contraband for American buyers, which only amplified their cachet everywhere else.