1 Peso Cuban Tobacco - NBS issue

Cuba's so-called "convertible peso" series of the early 2000s was produced not for domestic circulation but primarily as a hard-currency collectible targeting foreign buyers and the island's tourist economy. The tobacco-themed issues appeared as the state tobacco monopoly, Habanos S.A. — jointly owned with Altadis — was aggressively marketing Cuban cigars internationally despite the ongoing U.S. embargo. These coins functioned more as branded merchandise than as circulating currency.

KM#924 is among the nickel-plated steel collector strikes catalogued under the NBS (Numismatic Bureau Service) designation, distinguishing it from the standard circulation issue.