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1 Peso 'The Liberty'
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 1 Peso (1 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield divided into three quarters: the upper portion features a golden key between two rocky promontories symbolising Cuba's strategic position, the upper-right quarter displays a rising sun over a seascape, and the lower half bears three horizontal blue and white stripes. A Phrygian cap surmounts the shield, and a royal palm tree rises behind it. The arms are flanked by sprigs of laurel and oak, bound at the base, with a small five-pointed star at each side of the lower field. The curved legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 PESO is inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a dynamic allegorical composition inspired by Eugene Delacroix's celebrated painting 'Liberty Leading the People', commemorating the bicentennial of the French Revolution. A central female figure personifying Liberty strides forward in a three-quarter view, holding aloft a large flag in her left hand and a lance or spear in her right, her drapery billowing behind her. Flanking figures advance alongside her in a scene of popular uprising rendered in high relief against a plain field. The dates 1789 and 1989 are inscribed to the right of the central figure, marking the bicentennial interval. The curved legend LIBERTAD IGUALDAD • FRATERNIDAD arcs around the upper periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTAD IGUALDAD • FRATERNIDAD 1789 1989 (Translation: Freedom Equality Fraternity 1789 1989) |
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