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50 Pesos Assault to the Moncada Garrison
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Cuba |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a scene of the assault on the Moncada Barracks, showing revolutionary figures in dynamic composition. A curved legend along the upper and lateral periphery reads XXXV ANIV. DEL ASALTO AL CUARTEL MONCADA, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the event. The dates 1953 and 1988 appear in the lower exergue, flanking a bullet point. The issue year 1989 is inscribed to the right of the central image, with a mintmark below. The fineness and weight specification ORO FINO 1/2 OZ 0,999 is inscribed above the central scene. |
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The Moncada Barracks attack of July 26, 1953 — the failed assault led by Fidel Castro that killed or captured most of the roughly 160 participants — gave the revolutionary movement its name and its founding mythology. Castro's subsequent trial, where he delivered the "History Will Absolve Me" speech, transformed a military defeat into a political asset. This coin was issued during Cuba's ongoing commemorative gold program of the late 1980s, a period when the state was simultaneously selling hard-currency numismatic pieces abroad while the domestic peso economy deteriorated ahead of the Soviet collapse.