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10 Pesos Transatlantic mail
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 20 G 10 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 20g. 10 Pesos silver 0.999) |
| Reverse description | A transatlantic sailing ship under full sail is depicted navigating to the right, rendered in fine detail against an open sea. The series title HISTORIA POSTAL DE CUBA arcs along the upper rim, establishing the thematic context of Cuban postal history. Below the ship, the inscription CORREO TRANSATLANTICO identifies the specific mail service commemorated, while the issue date 1992 and mintmark appear in the lower portion of the field. |
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Cuba's early 1990s silver commemorative program was prolific almost to a fault, flooding collector markets just as the country entered the "Special Period" — the economic crisis triggered by the Soviet collapse that gutted the island's hard currency reserves. These coins were minted explicitly for export sale, generating foreign exchange the domestic economy desperately needed. They were never intended to circulate.
The transatlantic mail route honored here linked Spain and the Americas through Havana, which served as a principal relay hub for colonial correspondence from the 16th century onward.