10 Pesos Velero Rayo

The Rayo was a mid-19th-century topsail schooner that became one of the most celebrated vessels in Cuban maritime history, operating primarily in Caribbean coastal trade before being repurposed during periods of conflict. Cuba's commemorative silver program of the late 1990s and early 2000s drew heavily on nautical subjects, partly as hard-currency earners for a state still absorbing the economic shock of the Soviet collapse a decade prior.