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5 Pesos Zeppelin
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| In circulation to | 1988 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CUBA 16G. 5 PESOS AG 0.999 (Translation: Republic of Cuba 16g. 5 Pesos Silver 0.999) |
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Cuba issued this coin as part of a wave of silver commemoratives produced in the late 1980s explicitly for the foreign hard-currency market — peso-denominated but never intended to circulate domestically. The Zeppelin connection is commemorative in the broadest sense: the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin made a celebrated transatlantic crossing in 1928 that briefly captured global attention, and Cuban numismatic exporters leaned heavily on aviation and transport themes throughout this period to appeal to European collectors, particularly German ones.
The Kaiser reference catalog remains the most reliable index for this specific issue within the broader Zeppelin commemorative series.