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1 Peso José Martí, Pattern
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| In circulation to | 1953 |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the upper portion of the Cuban coat of arms, depicting a Phrygian cap of Liberty adorned with a five-pointed star and resting upon a fasces. The curved legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs across the upper field, while the national motto PATRIA Y LIBERTAD appears as a curved legend along the lower border. The weight and fineness (26.7295 G. 900 M.) are inscribed in the left field, and the face value UN PESO appears in the right field. |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing bust portrait of José Martí, Cuban national hero (1853–1895), rendered in high relief with a five-pointed sparkling star positioned near his face. A circular legend commemorating the centenary of Martí's birth arcs across the upper half of the coin, with the birth and centenary dates flanking the design on either side. |
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Produced as a pattern piece in 1953 to mark the centennial of José Martí's birth, this peso was part of Cuba's broader commemorative program under Batista — a government that found obvious political utility in appropriating Martí's revolutionary image. The official circulation strike went ahead; this pattern did not.
The .900 fine silver specification mirrors the long-established Cuban peso standard, but the weight places it squarely in the tradition of the old Spanish colonial peso duro lineage that Cuba's monetary system inherited at independence.