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20 Pesos 40th. anniversary of Guevara's death
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos (20 CUP) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold, forward-facing portrait bust of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, rendered in high relief and inspired by the iconic 'Guerrillero Heroico' photograph. He is depicted wearing a military beret adorned with a five-pointed star, with long hair falling to his shoulders and a short beard. The legend GUERRILLERO HEROICO arcs along the upper periphery, and a facsimile signature appears to the lower right of the portrait. The birth and death years 1928-1967 are inscribed in the lower field, with a small key mintmark visible to the left of the portrait, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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Che Guevara was executed in La Higuera, Bolivia on October 9, 1967, on orders confirmed to have come from the CIA and the Bolivian government following his capture the previous day. Cuba has issued commemorative silver in his name repeatedly since the 1990s, and by 2007 the series had grown predictable — this 62.2g piece is among the heavier of them, placing it in the one-troy-ounce bullion-adjacent category that the Cuban state increasingly leaned on for hard currency generation during the post-Soviet Special Period's long economic tail.