Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Pesos Baseball, Piedfort
| Issuer | Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones |
|---|---|
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the traditional shield divided into three quarters: the upper portion depicting a rising sun over a seascape with a key, the lower-left displaying the blue-and-white striped national flag, and the lower-right bearing a royal palm tree. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a staff, symbolising liberty, and is flanked by an oak branch to the left and an olive branch to the right, bound at the base. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA DE CUBA' arcs across the upper periphery, while the denomination '10 PESOS' appears at the base; the weight specification '1 OZ' is inscribed to the lower left and the fineness 'AG 0.999' to the lower right of the field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 OZ 10 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1 ounce 10 Pesos silver 0.999) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Cuba's piedfort issues of this period were produced almost exclusively for the international collector market, a hard-currency strategy the Castro government pursued aggressively through the 1980s and into the 1990s as dollar reserves tightened. The Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, the state minting enterprise, contracted much of its collector coinage through foreign intermediaries, and distribution rarely touched the island itself.
Piedforts — struck at double the standard planchet thickness — were a deliberate premium tier, produced in smaller quantities than the corresponding standard issue to justify higher export prices. The JMA reference places this firmly within the documented Cuban numismatic series, though precise mintage figures for piedfort variants from this issuer remain inconsistently recorded in the primary literature.