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1 Peso Expo 2000 - End of Millennium
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Cuban national coat of arms at center, featuring the quartered shield with a golden key between two coastal promontories and a rising sun in the upper portion, a royal palm in the lower dexter quarter, and a fasces with a Phrygian cap at the chief. The shield is flanked by a wreath of oak on the left and laurel on the right, tied at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin characters, while the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed along the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized allegorical composition celebrating Expo 2000 and the close of the millennium. At center, a jubilant figure wearing a top hat and festive attire dances before a globe rendered in meridian and parallel lines, symbolizing a world connected in celebration. Behind the figure, a large burst of fireworks and palm fronds rises in the right field, conveying festivity and tropical imagery. The date 1998 appears in small characters within the field to the lower right. The circular legend EXPO 2000 EN LAS POSTRIMERIAS DEL MILENIO runs along the full periphery, separated by a raised dot at the lower left. |
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Cuba's Expo 2000 coinage was issued ahead of the Hanover world's fair, to which Cuba sent a pavilion despite operating under sustained U.S. trade embargo — a deliberate display of international engagement. The series appeared in 1998, two years before the event itself, which was unusually early even for commemorative lead-time.