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10 Pesos Neuschwanstein Castle
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed and finely engraved view of Neuschwanstein Castle dominates the central field, depicted in its characteristic Romanesque Revival style set against a mountainous Alpine backdrop with trees and rocky terrain rendered in low relief. The legend NEUSCHWANSTEIN arcs boldly along the upper rim. The date 2000 appears in the lower exergue, accompanied by a small mintmark below it. |
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| Mint | Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones, Havana, Cuba |
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Cuba's late-1990s and early-2000s foreign-currency collector program produced dozens of silver issues specifically targeting the European tourist and numismatic export market — Neuschwanstein appearing on a Cuban coin has nothing to do with any bilateral relationship and everything to do with hard currency generation during the Special Period, the economic crisis triggered by the Soviet collapse in 1991. The peso convertible system allowed the Cuban state to sell collector pieces priced in dollars and deutschmarks to visitors and overseas dealers while the domestic population used a separate currency.
KM#690 is one of several Cuban issues from this run depicting European landmarks. Mintage figures for the series were kept deliberately low to sustain secondary market premiums.