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200 Pesos Bolivar and Marti
| Issuer | Banco Central de Cuba |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic dual portrait composition honoring two heroes of Latin American independence and identity. In the left and central field, Simón Bolívar is depicted in full figure astride a rearing horse, rendered in high relief, wearing a military uniform with epaulettes and a flowing cape, holding the reins with authority. Superimposed in the right field is a large, bold left-facing portrait bust of José Martí, rendered in incuse outline style, with his characteristic moustache, occupying much of the lower right quadrant. The circular legend BOLIVAR Y MARTI • PADRES DEL AMERICANISMO arcs along the upper periphery. The mint key-and-star privy mark appears at the bottom of the field above the date 1993. |
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Issued during Cuba's "Special Period," the years of acute economic contraction that followed the Soviet Union's collapse and the abrupt end of its subsidies to Havana. Hard currency was desperately scarce, and the Banco Central produced gold collector issues almost entirely for export sale — pieces like this one were never intended to circulate domestically and functioned as foreign exchange instruments rather than money in any practical sense.
The pairing of Bolívar and Martí reflects a long-cultivated ideological alignment between Cuban revolutionary identity and pan-Latin American independence movements. Two JMA reference numbers suggest the type was issued in distinct varieties, likely differing in finish.