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10 Pesos 40th Anniversary of Landing of the Granma
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The yacht Granma is depicted sailing on the sea in the central field, rendered in detailed relief, commemorating the 1956 expedition that brought Fidel Castro and his revolutionary forces from Mexico to Cuba. A portrait of Fidel Castro appears in the upper portion of the field. The Sierra Maestra mountain range forms the background landscape. The curved commemorative legend 40 ANIVERSARIO DEL DESEMBARCO DEL GRANMA arcs around the upper and lateral rim, flanked by the dates 1956 and 1996. The mint mark appears at the bottom of the field in the exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Granma — a leaking, overloaded American-built yacht — carried Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and 80 other fighters from Tampico, Mexico, to the Oriente coast in December 1956. The landing was a near-disaster: the boat ran aground in a mangrove swamp two days late, the element of surprise was lost, and Batista's forces killed or captured most of the expeditionaries within days. Of the 82 men aboard, fewer than 20 regrouped in the Sierra Maestra.
Cuba named its official Communist Party newspaper after the vessel in 1965.