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1 Peso J. Marti and F. Castro
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Weight | 11.3 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents juxtaposed three-quarter facing portraits of José Martí at left and Fidel Castro at right, with the Cuban national flag displayed between them in the upper central field and a flying dove above. Below the figures, the southern coastline of Cuba is rendered in relief, surrounded by wavy lines symbolizing the Caribbean Sea. A five-line commemorative legend radiates from the center toward the lower edge, with the issue year '1989' positioned below Castro's portrait; the mintmark appears within the final 'O' of the legend. |
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| Mintage | 1989 - BU - 5,000 |
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Cuba issued a wave of collector-oriented copper-nickel pesos throughout the 1980s, many pairing revolutionary figures in combinations that carried deliberate ideological messaging. Placing José Martí alongside Fidel Castro on a single coin was a calculated act — tying the 19th-century independence martyr directly to the revolutionary government's claim of historical continuity. Martí had been dead for nearly sixty years before Castro was born, and his image had already appeared on Cuban currency under Batista, making this pairing a pointed appropriation of national symbolism.