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15 Pesos Homeland and Freedom, Piedfort
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1988-1990 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield divided into three sections: the upper portion bears a rising sun over a seascape with the key of the Gulf of Mexico, the lower-left section displays alternating blue and white diagonal stripes representing the original Cuban provinces, and the lower-right section features a royal palm tree on a plain. The shield is surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pike, symbolizing liberty, and is flanked by an oak branch to the left and a laurel branch to the right, tied at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, and the denomination 15 PESOS is inscribed along the lower periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 15 PESOS (Translation: Republic of Cuba 15 Pesos) |
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Piedforts — coins struck at double the standard planchet thickness — have historically served as presentation pieces for dignitaries, archivists, and monetary officials rather than circulation. Cuba's use of the format in the late 1980s aligns with the Banco Nacional's aggressive hard-currency program, which used collector and bullion issues to generate desperately needed foreign exchange as the Soviet subsidy pipeline began to falter ahead of the USSR's 1991 collapse.
The six JMA references spanning this three-year window suggest multiple design pairings were issued across the run — each piedfort individually scarce, the series collectively underrepresented in Western auction records.