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10 Pesos Sydney Olympics
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos (10 CUP) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two fully equipped fencers in dynamic lunging stances occupy the upper field, their foils crossed at the centre of the composition, evoking the intensity of competitive epee or foil fencing. The legend XXVII OLIMPIADA arcs along the upper border, with the date 1997 inscribed in the right field. In the lower register, a kneeling classical warrior figure in profile, rendered in relief, appears to the left, accompanied by the inscriptions SYDNEY and 2000 to the right, referencing the host city and year of the Games. |
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Cuba's Olympic commemorative program of the late 1990s was one of the most prolific in the world, producing dozens of silver issues annually for the collector export market rather than domestic circulation — hard currency the embargo-strangled economy badly needed. This piece anticipates the Sydney Games three years out, a lead time typical of Cuban mint scheduling during the period.