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5 Pesos Heroic Guerrilla Fighter - Trial strike
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (moneda nacional, 1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms is displayed prominently in the central field, featuring the traditional escutcheon with a key, rising sun, and royal palm, supported by an oak branch and laurel wreath. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arches along the upper periphery. The face value 5 PESOS appears in the lower exergue, flanked on either side by the weight designation 12G. and fineness notation AG 0.999, confirming the silver standard of the original issue prototype. The design is identical to that employed on the regular circulation issue KM#158. |
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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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Trial strikes — known in Cuban numismatic literature as piezas de prueba — were produced by the Casa de la Moneda for internal approval before authorizing full production runs. This piece predates the broader 1988–1990 Che Guevara commemorative gold program and likely served as a metallurgical or design confirmation strike rather than a circulation or collector issue. The KM and JMA cross-references suggest at least two distinct die or finish variants were documented, which is consistent with a multi-stage approval process.
Surviving examples are exceptionally rare by nature of function — most trial pieces were either returned to the mint or melted.