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10 Pesos Pattern, 40th Anniversary of Revolution, 'PRUEBA'
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national arms occupy the center of the obverse, featuring the traditional shield with a key, a royal palm tree, and a rising sun, encircled by a wreath of oak leaves on the left and laurel on the right, tied at the base with a ribbon. The Phrygian cap surmounts the shield. The arc legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA runs along the upper rim, while the denomination 10 PESOS appears prominently at the bottom of the field. Specifications 1 OZ and AG 0.999 are inscribed in the field to the left and right respectively. The word PRUEBA (trial) appears in small letters across the center of the shield, identifying this piece as a pattern strike. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's pattern coinage — issued as pruebas — occupies an odd bureaucratic space: struck for official approval but frequently released through state channels into the collector market, blurring the line between trial piece and de facto issue. The 40th anniversary being marked here is 1959, the year Batista fled Havana on New Year's Day and Castro's forces entered the capital within hours.
KM#Pn107 is sparsely documented in the standard references, with population data essentially nonexistent.