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10 Pesos El Escorial
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the arms of the Republic of Cuba in the central field, surrounded by the circular legend 'REPUBLICA DE CUBA' along the upper periphery. The fineness and denomination inscription '1 OZ AG 0.999 10 PESOS' appears along the lower periphery, confirming the coin's one-troy-ounce fine silver content and face value. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 OZ 10 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1 ounce 10 Pesos silver 0.999) |
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El Escorial, the vast monastery-palace complex northwest of Madrid, was built under Philip II between 1563 and 1584 — a project so consuming it effectively organized Spanish imperial administration around its construction schedule. Cuba's inclusion of the site in its foreign-collector silver program reflects the broader Series Iberoamericana issues of the early 1990s, in which Cuban state mints produced .999 silver pieces almost exclusively for the European numismatic market rather than domestic circulation.