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5 Pesos Butterfly Flower
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 12G. 5 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 12g. 5 Pesos silver 0.999) |
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| Mintage | 1980 - JMA# AAEE029; Proof version - 3,000 1980 - JMA# AAEE032; BU version - 10,000 |
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Cuba's hard-currency collector series of the late 1970s and early 1980s was a deliberate foreign-exchange strategy — the Castro government used commemorative silver issues to extract convertible currency from Western collectors and dealers while the domestic economy ran entirely on peso notes and rationing. These coins were never intended to circulate inside Cuba and most left the island immediately through state export channels.
The two JMA references suggest this type was issued in more than one finish or packaging variant, a common practice in the Cuban collector series of this period.