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5 Pesos Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting the royal palm between two fasces and a Phrygian cap above, with the rising sun over a key and two promontories. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery. The weight and fineness designations AG 0.999 and 12 G. appear on either side of the arms, while the face value 5 PESOS is inscribed below. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cuba's early 1980s commemorative silver program was driven partly by hard currency need — the state mint produced collector issues for export sale at a time when the U.S. embargo made foreign exchange scarce and valuable. This Cervantes-themed piece fits squarely into that commercial logic, targeting the Spanish-language collector market rather than any domestic circulation audience.
The KM#101 reference covers multiple varieties distinguished by finish; JMA cross-references AAEE084 and AAEE087 suggest at least two distinct issue states, likely proof and brilliant uncirculated, struck from the same dies.