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10 Pesos Bolivar, Birthplace
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the traditional escutcheon with key, sun rays, and Royal Palms, flanked by an oak branch and laurel sprig. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10 PESOS appears along the lower rim. The silver content and fineness indicators — 1 OZ and AG 0.999 — are inscribed in the left and right fields respectively, in keeping with standard bullion coin practice. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue belongs to Cuba's long-running series of silver commemoratives honoring Simón Bolívar, produced during a period when the Cuban government was actively cultivating ideological alignment with Bolivarian movements across Latin America — Chávez had taken office in Venezuela in 1999, and the diplomatic symbolism of such releases was rarely accidental. The Casa de la Moneda de Cuba struck numerous collector-oriented silver pieces through this era largely for the international numismatic market, as hard currency from coin sales was a meaningful revenue stream during the post-Soviet economic contraction known in Cuba as the Special Period.