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100 Pesos Camilo Cienfuegos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed portrait bust of Cuban revolutionary hero Camilo Cienfuegos facing slightly left, depicted wearing his characteristic wide-brimmed hat and displaying a full beard, rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. The legend CAMILO CIENFUEGOS • SEÑOR DE LA VANGUARDIA arcs around the upper portion of the rim. The date of issue 1989 appears to the left of the portrait, while the fineness inscription oro fino 1 oz. 0,999 is placed in the lower field. The birth and death years 1932 • 1959 are inscribed along the lower rim, commemorating the life of the revolutionary commander. |
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| Mintage | 1989 - Proof - 150 |
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Camilo Cienfuegos, one of the central commanders of the Cuban Revolution, disappeared on October 28, 1959 — just months after Batista's fall — when his Cessna 310 vanished over the Florida Straits. No wreckage was ever recovered. The circumstances remain officially unexplained, and the timing, coming just days after Cienfuegos had personally escorted Huber Matos to custody following Matos's disputed resignation, has fueled speculation ever since.
This issue is part of a broader Cuban gold commemorative program from the late 1980s aimed at generating hard currency through numismatic exports, as the domestic economy had no meaningful civilian gold coin circulation.