20 Peso Ignacio Agramonte

Ignacio Agramonte was the Cuban independence general killed at Jimaguayú in 1873 at age 31, and his death — along with the capture of his body by Spanish forces who publicly burned it to prevent a martyr's grave — made him an enduring revolutionary symbol long before the Castro government found him useful. This commemorative was struck during a period when Cuba's revolutionary coinage program was accelerating rapidly, largely for export sale and hard-currency collection rather than domestic circulation.

Cuban silver issues of this era were produced in limited quantities through arrangements with foreign mints, as Cuba lacked the domestic capacity for refined silver striking at this standard.