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40 Centavos Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring the royal palm tree within a shield, surmounted by the Phrygian cap atop a pike and flanked by oak and laurel branches tied with a ribbon. The curved legend 'REPUBLICA DE CUBA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 'CUARENTA CENTAVOS' is inscribed as a curved legend along the lower periphery. The design follows the standard heraldic convention established for Cuban coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cienfuegos was killed in October 1959 when his aircraft disappeared over the sea shortly after the revolution's consolidation — officially ruled an accident, though speculation about foul play has never fully subsided. Cuba issued this coin three years later as part of a broader commemorative program honoring the revolution's martyrs, a category that conveniently excluded anyone still alive and potentially inconvenient.
The copper-nickel alloy chosen here was already becoming scarce in Cuban circulation by 1962, the same year the U.S. trade embargo tightened sharply following the Missile Crisis.