2 Pesos José Martí

Cuba's gold coinage of 1915–16 was authorized under the Ley Monetaria of 1914, which established the republic's first independent currency system following decades of Spanish colonial coinage and a subsequent period of American dollar dominance. The 2 Peso denomination was the smallest gold coin in that series, and its low face value meant it saw genuine pocket circulation rather than being hoarded as a store of value the way the 20 Peso pieces were.

Struck at the Philadelphia Mint under contract — Cuba had no domestic mint facility — total mintage across both years was modest enough that circulated survivors outnumber uncirculated examples by a considerable margin in existing collections.