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10 Pesos Expo 2000 - Hannover
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the traditional shield with key, rising sun, and royal palm, flanked by an oak branch and laurel wreath, surmounted by the Phrygian cap. The curved legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery. The coin's weight and silver fineness (15 G and AG 0.999) are inscribed on the respective sides of the arms, with the face value 10 PESOS positioned along the lower rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cuba issued a wave of commemorative silver throughout the late 1990s targeting the European collector market, and this piece is squarely part of that program. The Hannover Expo 2000 provided a convenient licensing hook — dozens of national mints and issuing authorities produced authorized commemoratives for the event, Cuba among them. Actual circulation in Cuba was never the point; the domestic peso economy ran on entirely different terms, and .999 silver 10-peso pieces were effectively export products priced in hard currency from inception.