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1 Peso The Old Man and the Sea
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A narrative scene inspired by Ernest Hemingway's novella 'The Old Man and the Sea' occupies the central field, depicting an aged fisherman engaged in a struggle with a large marlin at sea, rendered in a detailed relief composition. The title of the work, EL VIEJO Y EL MAR, arcs as a circular legend along the upper periphery of the coin. To the left of the central scene, the notation PREMIO NOBEL 1952 records the year Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, while the issue year 1982 and the mintmark appear to the right. The author's name, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, is inscribed along the lower border beneath the scene. |
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Cuba issued a series of literary commemoratives in the early 1980s targeting the international collector market — hard currency the revolutionary government badly needed. Hemingway's connection to Cuba was genuine: he lived at Finca Vigía outside Havana for roughly twenty years, won the Nobel Prize in 1954 partly on the strength of the novella this coin honors, and the waters off Cojímar provided the direct inspiration for the story.
The series was produced for export, not domestic circulation, and most examples were sold through state-run numismatic agencies to Western collectors.