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5 Peso Caribbean Games Mascot
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield with a key and rising sun, flanked by an oak branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right, surmounted by the Phrygian cap. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery. The weight and fineness designations 12 G. and AG 0.999 appear on the left and right sides of the field respectively, while the face value 5 PESOS is inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cuba hosted the IX Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana in 1982, and this issue was part of a broader commemorative program the Banco Nacional launched in the years leading up to the event — one of the largest sporting spectacles the island had organized under the Revolution. The games carried considerable political weight for Castro's government, framing Cuba's athletic dominance in the region as ideological proof of the socialist model's success.
Two reference numbers in the JMA catalog (AAEE068 and AAEE071) suggest distinct varieties or packaging configurations within the same mascot-themed release.