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5 Pesos Expo 2000 - City Hall
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 7G 5 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 7g. 5 Pesos silver 0.999) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts Twipsy, the official mascot of the Expo 2000 world exposition, shown floating above a view of the City Hall (Rathaus) of Hannover. A circular legend runs close to the upper edge commemorating the exposition. The mintmark and issue year 1999 appear to the right of the central design. The lower portion of the legend references EXPO 2000 HANNOVER, identifying this coin as part of the first world exposition held in Germany. |
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Cuba issued a long run of silver commemoratives throughout the 1990s targeting the collector market, and this piece belongs to that export-oriented series produced almost entirely for hard currency revenue rather than domestic circulation. The Expo 2000 world's fair, held in Hanover, Germany under the theme "Humankind, Nature, Technology," attracted over 170 nations — Cuba among them, despite the ongoing U.S. embargo complicating participation logistics for many Western exhibitors.
The JMA prefix in the Cuban reference system identifies issues handled through state numismatic channels, consistent with how Havana monetized collector demand during the Special Period's chronic dollar shortage.