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3 Pesos Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Cuban national coat of arms at center, rendered in fine detail within the field. A curved legend along the upper periphery reads REPUBLICA DE CUBA, while the lower periphery carries the curved denomination inscription TRES PESOS. The entire design is bordered by a continuous inner bead circle running close to the raised rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA TRES PESOS (Translation: Republic of Cuba Three Pesos) |
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Cuba's 1990 gold coinage program operated under severe constraints — the Special Period had not yet officially begun, but Soviet subsidies were already contracting and hard currency was being hoarded for essential imports. Trial pieces from this run were almost certainly produced for export sale rather than domestic circulation, part of Havana's broader strategy of mining collector markets abroad to generate foreign exchange.