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5 Pesos Trinidad Main Parish Church
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos (5 CUP) |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by an oak branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right, surmounted by the Phrygian cap atop a pike. The country name REPUBLICA DE CUBA curves along the upper periphery as the principal legend. The coin's weight and fineness specifications appear at the sides of the arms, while the denomination 5 PESOS is inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trinidad, founded in 1514, was among the earliest Spanish settlements in Cuba and grew wealthy on sugar and the slave trade before the industry collapsed in the late nineteenth century. That stagnation left the city architecturally frozen — which is precisely why UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site in 1988, one year after this coin was issued. The Banco Nacional's commemorative program in the late 1980s frequently anticipated or accompanied such designations, functioning as much as diplomatic currency as collectible issue.