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1 Peso Independence
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is divided vertically into two equal halves by a central line. The left half bears the Cuban coat of arms at center, with the country name REPÚBLICA DE CUBA arched above and the face value 1 PESO inscribed below. The right half features a vertical list of ten Latin American nations — ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, MEXICO, URUGUAY, and VENEZUELA — commemorating their bicentennial independence movements. The design shares the same composition as KM#955 and KM#955a. |
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| Reverse lettering | Bicentenario del inicio de la gesta de Independencia 2011 AMÉRICA (Translation: Bicentenary of starting of the Independence quest 2011 America) |
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Cuba's Independence-themed peso issues of this period were produced primarily for the collector export market, generating hard currency at a time when the dual-currency system — the CUP alongside the convertible CUC — made foreign exchange a persistent state priority. Domestic circulation of silver coinage had been nonexistent for decades by this point.