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10 Pesos First 1 Peso coin
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos (10 CUP) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a bold right-facing bareheaded female effigy derived from the allegorical figure of Cuba as it appeared on the original 1898 one-peso coin, rendered with finely detailed flowing hair swept back and pinned in a classical coiffure. The legend PATRIA Y LIBERTAD arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. Flanking the lower portion of the effigy, the dates 1898 and 1998, each preceded by a small five-pointed star, are positioned at either side of the truncation. The word CENTENARIO curves along the lower border, commemorating the centenary of the first Cuban peso coinage. |
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Cuba's first domestic 1 Peso coin — issued under Batista in 1953 to mark the centennial of José Martí's birth — is commemorated here in a 1998 silver restrike series aimed squarely at the foreign collector market. The Banco Central issued numerous such pieces through the 1990s to generate hard currency, a strategy that accelerated sharply after the Soviet collapse devastated the Cuban economy in the early part of the decade.
The JMA reference places this firmly within the Juan M. Arbeláez collector classification system used for Cuban numismatica.