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20 Pesos Máximo Gómez
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A forward-facing portrait of Máximo Gómez is depicted in the central field, with the date 1977 and a mintmark positioned to the left of the effigy. The upper arc of the surrounding circular legend bears the subject's name, while the lower arc carries the inscription referencing the historic machete charge. The design commemorates the military tactic associated with Gómez during the Cuban independence wars. |
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Máximo Gómez was Dominican-born, a fact that created genuine political awkwardness for Cuban nationalists during his lifetime — he could never hold elected office in the republic he helped found. The 1977 commemorative issue appeared under Castro's government as part of a broader hard-currency export program, with silver proof sets sold internationally to generate foreign exchange that the U.S. embargo made chronically scarce.