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10 Pesos Volleyball, Piedfort
| Issuer | Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Two volleyball players are depicted in dynamic action in the central field, with the official Pan American Games logo positioned below and to the right. A curved legend spanning the upper portion of the coin reads 'XI JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS', while the inscription 'HABANA/91' appears along the lower exergue. The issue year '1990' and mintmark are inscribed to the lower left beneath the main design, completing the commemorative legend referencing the 11th Pan American Games held in Havana. |
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| Reverse lettering | XI JUEGOS PANAMERICANOS 1990 HABANA/91 (Translation: 11th Pan American Games 1990 Havana '91) |
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Cuba's piedfort sports series from this period was produced almost exclusively for the collector export market, generating hard currency at a time when the U.S. embargo and the imminent collapse of Soviet subsidies were squeezing the island's foreign exchange reserves to a breaking point. The Empresa Cubana de Acuñaciones issued these pieces knowing they would never see domestic circulation — they were convertible-peso diplomacy in coin form.
A piedfort strikes the same dies twice the standard planchet thickness, a French technique dating to medieval assay practice.