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100 Pesos Guama
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| In circulation to | 1992 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 1 OZ 100 PESOS AU 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 1 ounce 100 Pesos gold 0.999) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Guamá" series, issued through Cuba's state foreign exchange apparatus in the early 1990s, was designed explicitly to attract hard currency from foreign collectors rather than circulate domestically — a priority forced by the collapse of Soviet subsidies after 1991. Cuba lost roughly 35% of its GDP in three years, and gold proof issues like this one were among the few commodities the state could mint and sell abroad for dollars.
Guamá was a Taíno chief who led prolonged resistance against Spanish colonizers in western Cuba until his death around 1532.