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1 Peso Zeppelin

Issuer Cuba
Year 1988
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Value 1 Peso (1 CUP)
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Reverse description A Graf Zeppelin airship is depicted in left profile, rendered in relief against a stylized sky with clouds above and below the vessel. The curved legend MEDIOS DE TRANSPORTE arcs along the upper periphery, while the legend ZEPPELIN curves along the lower periphery. The year 1988 appears in the lower left field.
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Reverse lettering MEDIOS DE TRANSPORTE 1988 ZEPPELIN
(Translation: Means of Transportation 1988 Zeppelin)
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Cuba issued this piece as part of a broad commemorative program throughout the 1980s that targeted the Western collector market for hard currency — the coins were never intended for domestic circulation and were exported almost immediately after striking. The Zeppelin subject reflects a pattern of thematically eclectic choices designed to appeal to European and North American collector niches rather than any particular Cuban historical connection.

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin completed its famous round-the-world flight in August 1929, finishing in just under 21 days and 8 hours.

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