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50 Pesos Anne Bonny - Piedfort
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Cuban national coat of arms is displayed prominently in the center of the field, rendered in high relief with gilt finish against a dark background. The arms feature the characteristic shield divided into three sections depicting a key between two promontories, a rising sun over a seascape, and a landscape with a royal palm, surmounted by a Phrygian cap upon a fasces. The shield is flanked by two laurel branches tied at the base, with an oak branch to the left. The legend REPUBLICA DE CUBA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 PESOS is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Anne Bonny's appearance on Cuban coinage has less to do with Caribbean solidarity and more to do with the collector market of the 1990s, when Cuba's CASA issued a wave of exotic-themed piedfort and commemorative pieces primarily for export sale in hard currency. Piedforts — struck at double the normal planchet thickness — exist here purely as a premium collectible variant, never intended for circulation.
Bonny herself operated largely out of Nassau and was captured near Jamaica in 1720. Her ultimate fate after trial remains unrecorded.