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100 Pesos First Railroad in England

Issuer Banco Nacional de Cuba
Year 1989
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Currency Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date)
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Obverse description The Cuban national coat of arms is displayed prominently in the central field, featuring the traditional escutcheon with key, rising sun, and royal palm, encircled by an oak and laurel wreath. A curved legend along the upper periphery reads REPUBLICA DE CUBA, with BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA arcing beneath it. The face value 100 PESOS is inscribed along the lower rim.
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Reverse description The central field depicts a detailed engraving of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotive, representing the world's first inter-urban steam-powered passenger railway, placed above the inscription of the route name LIVERPOOL-MANCHESTER. A curved legend along the upper and lateral periphery reads 160 ANIV. DEL 1er FERROCARRIL DEL MUNDO, commemorating the 160th anniversary of the line's inauguration. The purity and weight specifications ORO FINO 1 OZ. 0.999 and the issue year 1989 appear in the central field, with the commemorated anniversary dates 1830-1990 inscribed below the locomotive.
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