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10 Pesos High jump, Piedfort
| Issuer | Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dynamic high-jump athlete executing the Fosbury Flop technique, shown in high relief arching backwards over a horizontal bar, with arms outstretched and legs raised, rendered in a vigorous and realistic sculptural style against a mirror-polished proof field. The curved legend XI JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS arcs along the upper periphery. Below the athlete, the official emblem of the 1991 Pan American Games appears at center, flanked by the date 1990 beneath it, with the host city inscription HABANA/91 along the lower legend. A small mintmark star device appears beneath the date. |
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Piedfort coins — struck at twice the standard planchet thickness — have roots in French assay practice dating to the sixteenth century, originally produced as presentation pieces for treasury officials to verify die quality. Cuba's adoption of the format in the 1990 Olympic series through the Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones was commercially motivated, targeting the collector market as hard-currency revenue became increasingly critical following the collapse of Soviet subsidies. The timing was not incidental.
The JMA reference places this firmly within the joint mint archive documentation system used to catalog Cuban issues produced in collaboration with foreign minting facilities during this period.