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10 Pesos Christopher Columbus
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Cuban national coat of arms at centre, featuring a shield quartered with a royal palm, rising sun over mountains, and a key, surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a fasces and flanked by sprays of oak and laurel. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin letters. The denomination 10 PESOS appears along the lower rim, with the weight specification 15 G to the lower left and the silver fineness AG 0.999 to the lower right of the shield. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a three-quarter bust portrait of Christopher Columbus facing slightly left, wearing a fur-trimmed cape and a cap, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. To the lower left, a detailed engraving of a period caravel under full sail occupies the field. To the upper right of the portrait appears a heraldic shield bearing the arms granted to Columbus. The curved legend CRISTOBAL COLON arcs along the upper left periphery, with his birth and death years 1451-1506 inscribed along the lower rim and the date 1999 at the lower right. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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