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10 Pesos Camilo Cienfuegos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A bold, high-relief facing portrait bust of Cuban revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos occupies the central field, depicting him with his characteristic broad-brimmed hat, full beard, and moustache. To the left of the portrait the date 1988 is inscribed, while a small key mintmark and star appear to the right. The curved legend CAMILO CIENFUEGOS • SEÑOR DE LA VANGUARDIA runs along the upper periphery. Along the lower arc, the inscription plata fina 1oz. 0,999 denotes the metal content, flanked by the subject's birth and death years 1932 • 1959. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Camilo Cienfuegos — comandante of the July 26th Movement and one of the commanders at the Battle of Yaguajay — disappeared on October 28, 1959, just nine months after the revolutionary victory, when his Cessna 310 vanished over the Florida Straits. No wreckage was ever recovered. The circumstances remain officially unexplained, though the timing, just days after Cienfuegos had escorted Huber Matos to custody following Matos's resignation in protest of communist influence, has fed speculation for decades.
Cuba began issuing silver commemoratives targeting the foreign collector market aggressively through the 1980s, with the Banco Nacional coordinating distribution largely through European dealers.