5 Pesos 40th Anniversary of Guevara's Death

Che Guevara was killed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967, on the direct orders of the Bolivian government following pressure from the CIA, whose operative Félix Rodríguez was present at the execution. Cuba has issued commemoratives marking his death at intervals since, but the 40th anniversary series in 2007 was notably extensive, with multiple denominations and compositions released simultaneously — a pattern Banco Central de Cuba had by then perfected into a reliable hard-currency export product, sold almost entirely to foreign collectors rather than circulated domestically.