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100 Pesos Bolivar and Marti, Piedfort
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos (100 CUP) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Simón Bolívar is depicted on horseback, riding to the right with his head turned three-quarters to the left, conveying a sense of dynamic movement and heroic resolve. Behind the equestrian figure, the portrait effigy of José Martí appears in the background as a secondary design element, linking the two great liberators thematically. A circular legend surrounds the composition, and the date 1993 is placed in the exergue. The reverse design is shared with KM#P56, differentiated by the altered face value on the obverse. The overall composition celebrates both figures as foundational patriots of Latin American independence. |
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Piedfort coinage — struck at double the standard planchet thickness — has no circulation purpose; it exists purely for collectors and presentation sets. Cuba's use of the format in the early 1990s coincided with the onset of the "Special Period," the severe economic contraction that followed the Soviet Union's collapse and the abrupt end of Soviet subsidies that had propped up the Cuban economy for three decades. Havana's decision to mint prestige gold issues for hard currency export while the domestic population faced acute shortages was a quietly stark piece of economic policy.