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100 Pesos Pinzón Brothers
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, rendered in fine relief, depicting the royal palm, rising sun, key, and fasces within a shield surmounted by the Phrygian cap on a pike. A curved legend reading 'REPUBLICA DE CUBA' arcs above, while the denomination '100 PESOS' appears below the arms. The weight '1 OZ' and fineness 'AU 0.999' are inscribed in the side fields. A continuous rope border closely frames the design near the rim. |
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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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The Pinzón brothers — Martín Alonso and Vicente Yáñez — commanded the Pinta and Niña respectively on Columbus's 1492 voyage, though their relationship with Columbus was fractious enough that Martín Alonso broke from the fleet entirely for several weeks near Hispaniola, possibly pursuing his own agenda with a rumored native map to gold deposits. Cuba's 1991 commemorative program tied directly to the approaching quincentenary of that voyage, a series that attracted heavy speculator interest and was minted in parallel across multiple denominations for the collector market rather than any circulation purpose.