10 Pesos Mississippi River Boat

Cuba's hard-currency commemorative program of the 1990s was largely driven by the peso convertible economy's need for foreign exchange — these coins were never intended to circulate domestically but were sold directly to collectors abroad. The Mississippi riverboat subject is one of several American transportation themes the Cuban mint issued during this period, an irony not lost on collectors given the U.S. trade embargo that had been in place since 1962.