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1 Peso Máximo Gómez
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| In circulation to | 1977 |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms is depicted in the center of the field, featuring a shield divided into three sections: the upper portion shows a rising sun over a mountain landscape and sea, the lower-left section bears a blue-and-white striped triangle, and the lower-right section displays a royal palm tree. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pike and flanked by two symmetrical branches of laurel and oak bound at the base. Two five-pointed stars appear in the field at left and right. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, and the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed along the lower periphery in bold capitals. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAXIMO GOMEZ 1977 ★ CARGA AL MACHETE ★ (Translation: Maximo Gomez 1977 Attack with machete) |
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Máximo Gómez was Dominican-born, a fact the Cuban government quietly overlooked when elevating him to national hero status. He commanded the Ejército Libertador through two wars of independence — the Ten Years' War ending in 1878 and the final conflict from 1895 — making him, alongside Maceo and Martí, one of the central military architects of Cuban independence from Spain. This 1977 issue appeared well into the revolutionary government's systematic reminting of Cuban identity, replacing pre-revolutionary peso types with figures the Castro administration considered ideologically useful.