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1 Peso Queen Isabella
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Charles Edward Barber Reverse: Belisario Álvarez Collado |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A portrait of Queen Isabella I of Spain is depicted in profile within an ornamental wreath, rendered in a classical engraving style. The legend 'V CENTENARIO' curves along the upper portion of the field, commemorating the fifth centenary of the Discovery of America, with the year '1990' at the right. Below the portrait, the name 'ELISABET' identifies the subject, while '1492' and the abbreviated inscription 'HISP • REG' (Hispaniarum Regina, Queen of Spain) appear to the right, and the mintmark and issue designation are placed to the left of the central effigy. A rope border encircles the design close to the coin's edge. |
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Issued in 1990 as part of Cuba's extensive foreign-currency collector series, this piece was never intended for domestic circulation — the Cuban peso was a controlled currency, and hard-currency commemoratives like this one were sold abroad to generate foreign exchange for the state. By this point, Cuba was roughly a year from the collapse of the Soviet Union, which would trigger the "Special Period in Time of Peace" and an economic contraction that nearly ended the commemorative program entirely.