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10 Pesos F. Castro at the mountain, Trial strike
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the traditional escutcheon with a key, rising sun, and royal palm, supported by an oak and laurel wreath tied with a ribbon. A curved legend reading 'REPUBLICA DE CUBA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '10 PESOS' appears in the lower field. The fineness and weight designations '1 OZ.' and 'AG 0.999' are inscribed on the left and right sides of the field respectively. The overall design is shared with the regular issue KM#241. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trial strikes — pruebas — from the Cuban state mint occupy an odd corner of numismatics: officially produced for internal approval but never catalogued in standard references, which is why this piece carries no KM number. The JMA reference places it within a documented prueba sequence, meaning it passed through the Casa de la Moneda's approval process without ever reaching a confirmed circulation or collector issue.
1989 was a particularly fraught year for Cuban commemorative planning — the collapse of Soviet subsidies was already visible on the horizon, and several projected issues from this period were quietly shelved.