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| Issuer | Instituto Nacional de Turismo (INTUR), Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1989 |
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Cuba's INTUR coinage was a parallel currency system designed to extract hard currency from foreign tourists while keeping them financially segregated from the domestic peso economy. These tokens circulated exclusively within INTUR-managed hotels, restaurants, and dollar shops — venues ordinary Cubans were legally barred from entering during much of the 1980s. The stainless steel variant of this type replaced an earlier aluminum-bronze issue, a materials shift driven by chronic metal supply constraints rather than any monetary policy decision.