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1 Peso El Morro - Havana
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA ★ 1 PESO ★ (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1 Peso) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's hard-currency commemorative program of the 1980s was designed almost entirely for foreign collectors and tourists — pieces like this one circulated internationally through numismatic bureaus rather than through any domestic Cuban commerce. The island's peso was not convertible, and ordinary Cubans had no practical access to these coins.
El Morro fortress at Havana harbor, begun by the Spanish in 1589, was one of the last major Caribbean strongholds to fall to British forces during the Seven Years' War, occupied from 1762 to 1763 before being returned to Spain under the Treaty of Paris.