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20 Centavos Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20 CUP) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse die was not applied to this trial striking, leaving the reverse face entirely blank and unworked. The plain gold surface shows only the natural luster of the planchet, confirming this piece's status as a one-sided obverse trial. |
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Cuba's post-revolutionary mint experimented extensively with trial strikes throughout the late 1960s, producing pattern and proof-of-concept pieces that never entered the authorization pipeline. A gold trial at this weight for a denomination ordinarily struck in base metal points to metallurgical testing rather than any serious proposal for circulation — the economics alone would have been absurd under the peso's controlled valuation of the period.